From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 2 07:59:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41AF116A4B3 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 07:59:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52B5E43FF2 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 07:59:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h92ExhOg017255; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 10:59:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h92Exhbn017254; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 10:59:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200310021459.h92Exhbn017254@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: deedsmis@aculink.net Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 10:59:42 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: from "SoloCDM" at Oct 01, 2003 08:42:17 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: "\"FreeBSD-Questions Request" Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. RedHat X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:59:55 -0000 > > 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" >