From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 17 06:46:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7CA116A4CE for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:46:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nuumen.pair.com (nuumen.pair.com [209.68.1.119]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5AA4743D1D for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:46:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from thuppi@nuumen.pair.com) Received: (qmail 36479 invoked by uid 55300); 17 Dec 2004 06:46:05 -0000 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 01:46:05 -0500 (EST) From: Tom Huppi X-X-Sender: thuppi@nuumen.pair.com To: Joaquin Menchaca In-Reply-To: <41C272A5.7000306@finnovative.net> Message-ID: References: <41C272A5.7000306@finnovative.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What CD to use for installatoin X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:46:07 -0000 On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > Hi, > > There are 4 images, and I am not sure which one to use to start out > with: bootonly, miniinst, or disc 1. > > I read some FreeBSD books, the big orange* one and the brown one**, and > from both I cannot find this simple newbie answer. :-) I don't know what set you have, and I have not read any books lately, but I've always used what is probably 'disk 1'. If it boots and gives you 'sysinstall', it's probably the one (or a good option.) Generally I've obtained FreeBSD by downloading the .iso images and burning them to disk. I've rarely used any of the others disks but #1, but I tend to do an install with only a tiny number of select applications ('cvsup' for instance), then use the 'ports' collection to build anything else I want after making my ports tree be up to date. It's certainly debatable whether my method makes sense! BTW, I no longer have access to a high speed connection so recently I've put a new system together by installing an old 5.1, then using 'cvsup' and 'buildworld'. It's a bit of work and there are some potentially confusing issues, but a good learning experience and perfectly practical for those with only a modem connection. Thanks, -Tom