Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:07:20 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: DeAtH KnIgHt <toodritter@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need Info? Message-ID: <4050E318.9050106@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20040311214044.14735.qmail@web60604.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040311214044.14735.qmail@web60604.mail.yahoo.com>
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DeAtH KnIgHt wrote: >Hi, > >Ive noticed that there are different iso images within the ftp servers and >i need to know which one do i actually need within these ftp servers? >is there a difference between these different files? how do i install freebsd? > > > Generally for each RELEASE, there is a "mini" ISO, and a multiple disc set that includes enough stuff to get up with X and about a zillion ports. (Well, OK, that's an exaggeration, but....) I don't know much about the "bootonly" ISO. If you want to set up a bunch of Desktop machines with 5.2.1, for example, and have bandwidth to burn, the 2 CD set would do it. The "mini" CD should be enough to get going at the CLI; perhaps you'd say a "skeleton" install: /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /, /stand, /etc, /var, and the crypto and contrib* parts of the base distrubution. No docs, no source code, no ports tree. Just a classic Unix-like environment, from which you can, with a 'Net connection, build whatever you want (just about....) As for me, I've never dl'ed an ISO; I just grab "two freshly formatted floppies and these instructions" as noted on the index page of www.freebsd.org, used /stand/sysinstall to install cvsup-no-gui as a package, and then cvsup'd /usr/src, /usr/ports, and do the buildworld/kernel cycle and then build ports. Some people prefer to use packages instead .... HTH, Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. *Yeah, I probably left something out, but hey, why overwhelm anybody? :-)
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