From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 20 06:23:14 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 1A0C937B401 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 06:23:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msr12.hinet.net (msr12.hinet.net [168.95.4.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AA4E43FA3 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 06:23:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net) Received: from sonic.utopia.com (61-227-219-99.HINET-IP.hinet.net [61.227.219.99]) by msr12.hinet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA29903 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:23:17 +0800 (CST) Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:09:07 +0800 From: Robert Storey To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030720210907.4e67f24d.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.9 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: FBSD PowerPak 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: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:23:14 -0000 I posted a message a few days ago regarding my frustrations to obtain an up-to-date PowerPak for FreeBSD 5.1. Because I don't have broadband, I really would like to have the entire ports collection on CD-R. Unfortunately, the PowerPak sold by FreeBSDmall is version 4.6, a full year (and four versions) out of date. Since I posted that message, one kind member of this list contacted me and offered to attempt to create a homemade PowerPak by downloading the distfiles and burning them to CD-R. So, (forgive the pun) the burning question: Exactly what directory from Freebsd servers should one download to create a PowerPak? Perhaps the distfile directory? The gentlemen who volunteered to do this isn't exactly sure, and I'm pretty clueless. I assume there are no ready-made ISO files for producing a PowerPak, so what would be the best procedure? regards, Robert > I recently ordered and received the 4-CD set of FBSD 5.1. > > I had presumed that this would give me a pretty complete > desktop setup. Alas, I was wrong. A lot of very commmon > apps are missing, such as Xemacs and Mplayer. It's > disappointing. I only have a dialup modem. I don't have > broadband and have no hope of getting it where I live, so I > was counting on the 4-CD set to fill in the gaps. > > I noticed on the FreeBSDmall web site that they sell a > PowerPak with 10 CDs. This is supposed to be the entire > ports collection. Sounds like just what I need - except it's > based on FBSD 4.6 which is one year old. > > So my question - I am wondering if the distfiles in this > PowerPak are going to be of much use? Shelling out $40 isn't > such a great hardship if the disfiles work as advertised, > but I'm going to be more than a little pissed if it > generates nothing but error messages. Does anybody know if > the PowerPak will work with 5.1? Has anyone actually tried > it? > > TIA, > Robert