eebsd:15:x86:64/packagesite.tzst -> packagesite.pkg
> -rw-r--r--  1 root wheel -    209 Oct 23 23:05:51 2025 /mnt/packages/repos/FreeBSD_install_cdrom.conf
>
> # cat /mnt/packages/repos/FreeBSD_install_cdrom.conf
> #
> #
> # The pkg(8) repository configuration file for the installation DVD.
> #
>
> FreeBSD_install_cdrom: {
>    url: "file:///dist/packages/${ABI}",
>    mirror_type: "none",
>    enabled: yes
> }
>
> FreeBSD: {
>    enabled: no
> }
>
> (The comment or something should probably be explicit
> about "port-package repository configuration file for
> the installation DVD" these days. More importantly
> the content lacks a 'enabled: no' for FreeBSD-ports
> and for FreeBSD-ports-kmods as well.)
>
> # ls -lodT /mnt/dist/*
> ls: /mnt/dist/*: No such file or directory
>
> # find -s /mnt/ -name dist -print
> /mnt/var/audit/dist
>
> # ls -lodT /mnt/var/audit/dist/*
> ls: /mnt/var/audit/dist/*: No such file or directory
>
> That suggests that the dvd (if any) or .iso is mounted
> to /dist in the intended context, not to /mnt like I
> did.
>
> QUOTE of: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/
> -dvd1.iso: This file contains all of the files needed to
> install FreeBSD, its source, and the Ports Collection.
> It also contains a set of popular binary packages for
> installing a window manager and some applications so that
> a complete system can be installed from media without
> requiring a connection to the Internet. . . .
> END QUOTE
>
> There is no claim there that most of the alternative window
> managers or most applications are included.
>
> # ls -C1 /mnt/packages/FreeBSD:15:amd64/All/*.pkg | wc -l
>       647
>
> So some is there, but not all that much.
>
> I was unable to check your X11/KDE/GNOME reference, as there
> is nothing with any specific name that you gave for checking.
> It was easier to guess at:
>
> # ls -lodT /usr/ports/*/nano
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root wheel uarch 6 Sep 11 22:08:50 2025 /usr/ports/editors/nano
>
> # ls -C1 /mnt/packages/FreeBSD:15:amd64/All/nano*.pkg
> ls: /mnt/packages/FreeBSD:15:amd64/All/nano*.pkg: No such file or directory
>
> So, yea, not there. But not all that surprising.
>
>
> ===
> Mark Millard
> marklmi at yahoo.com
>
>