Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 10:59:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: deedsmis@aculink.net Cc: "\"FreeBSD-Questions Request" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. RedHat Message-ID: <200310021459.h92Exhbn017254@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.50.0310012040460.811-100000@cdm01.deedsmiscentral.net> from "SoloCDM" at Oct 01, 2003 08:42:17 PM
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> > Why do the ISOs seem to be three CDs of 600Mb each for RedHat compared > to 1.5 CDs for FreeBSD? I thought the files were larger with FreeBSD > and its tarballs. > > Does FreeBSD offer all the packages from A to Z in their CDs? Well, sort of. FreeBSD itself does not offer any CDs. It has some ISO-s. Recently FreeBSD decided to quit putting out ISOs with all the source for all the ports. So, the two ISO-s called disk1.iso and disk2.iso contain the installation system, the full operating system and some of the more popular ports. They used to put out two more ISO-s that contained the rest of the ports in a four ISO set, but FreeBSD no longer does that. You can easily obtain any and all of it through FreeBSD because the ISO-s have the complete ports tree skeleton from which you can install any of the ports directly over the net - and that is how you really want to install ports anyway. BUT, some other companies package the larger sets on CDs - usually 4 CDs. Try FreeBSD Mall, for example. There are a couple of others as well. Those sets have the whole schmear. The other combination is to download the mini-iso which has essentially just the installation system and the OS and everything else in then brought down over the net during installation. > > Does FreeBSD come with an installation package? Yes. You boot the install CD and voila. > > Is FreeBSD Linux or UNIX? FreeBSD is BSD which has its origins in the Berkeley U written version of Bell Labs UNIX way way back in deep and dark history long before Linux was ever conceived, let alone birthed. ////jerry > > -- > Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing > list address and my email address in To: and/or Cc: with > any proper combination > > ********************************************************************* > Signed, > SoloCDM > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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