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Date:      Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:11:18 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Igor Skalski <skalgo@cto.gda.pl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Ports/CD images?
Message-ID:  <20040326231118.GA91249@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040326142811.B10719@cto.gda.pl>
References:  <20040326142811.B10719@cto.gda.pl>

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On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 02:28:11PM +0100, Igor Skalski wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
> 
> I would like to try to install FreeBSD on my home computer wchich is not
> connected to the Internet. In my opinion the most important aspect of
> using free software in such a conditions is possessing whole set of CD's
> containing both most important programs and source code. 
> I can not find on the Internet CD images containing ports and sources.
> Are they available anywhere? I am not intend to buy the CD set - at least
> before trying the system.

No - with nearly 11000 ports it would take a few dozen CD images to
contain what you want.  You can download the packages and distfiles
from the FTP sites as needed though.

Kris

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