Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 20:58:06 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> Cc: Joseph Gleason <clash@zogbe.tasam.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DVD's Message-ID: <20010906205806.B645@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0109061111140.13241-100000@sun09pg2.wam.umd.edu>; from culverk@wam.umd.edu on Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 11:13:02AM -0400 References: <20010905171727.B10411@tao.thought.org> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0109061111140.13241-100000@sun09pg2.wam.umd.edu>
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On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 11:13:02AM -0400, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote: > > DVD and movies? For BSD?? You'll have to excuse me for being > > such a nerd and late-adopter, but I thought that in order to > > watch DVD movies on a computer you need special hardware to > > handle the video. Not to mention a soundcard for the audio. > > You don't need special hardware... I have a soundcard in my computer, and > most new computers come with soundcards so this isn't that > far fetched. > > > > The reason I'd like a DVD is to get the entire FBSD distribution > > on *one* disc. :-) > > > I've never actually installed FreeBSD from a CD or DVD, I just use my DVD > drive specifically for watching movies, and now that FreeBSD can play > them, I can remove winblows from my computer. :-) > My new system is here.... so if the box works, I'll be able to install from CD, then over my IDSL link. The system has no floppy, so I'm hoping that the DVD will see the boot track, &c. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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