Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:35:56 +0100 From: Per Gunnarsson <grubomantic@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: readme for iso files Message-ID: <f4b814780901250235m354a2ec9ne49e8665815b7fed@mail.gmail.com>
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I think this info from http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/announce.html should also be posted as a readme file in pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/7.1/ on the ftp servers. FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, powerpc, and sparc64 architectures. FreeBSD 7.1 can be installed from bootable ISO images or over the network; the required files can be downloaded via FTP or BitTorrent as described in the sections below. While some of the smaller FTP mirrors may not carry all architectures, they will all generally contain the more common ones, such as i386 and amd64. MD5 and SHA256 hashes for the release ISO images are included at the bottom of this message. The purpose of the ISO images provided as part of the release are as follows: dvd1: Contains everything necessary to install the base FreeBSD operating system, a collection of pre-built packages, the documentation, and supports booting into a "livefs" based rescue mode. This should be all you need if you can burn and use DVD-sized media. disc1, disc2, disc3, livefs, docs: disc1 contains the base FreeBSD system and a few pre-built packages. disc2 and disc3 contain more pre-built packages. Those three can be burned to CDROM sized media and should be all you need to do a normal installation. livefs contains support for entering into a "livefs" based rescue mode but you need disc1 to do the initial boot first. docs contains the documentation. bootonly: This supports booting a machine using the CDROM drive but does not contain the support for installing FreeBSD from the CD itself, you would need to perform a network based install (e.g. from an FTP server) after booting from the CD. FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE can also be purchased on CD-ROM or DVD from several vendors. One of the vendors that will be offering FreeBSD 7.1-based products is: FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, powerpc, and sparc64 architectures. FreeBSD 7.1 can be installed from bootable ISO images or over the network; the required files can be downloaded via FTP or BitTorrent as described in the sections below. While some of the smaller FTP mirrors may not carry all architectures, they will all generally contain the more common ones, such as i386 and amd64. MD5 and SHA256 hashes for the release ISO images are included at the bottom of this message. The purpose of the ISO images provided as part of the release are as follows: dvd1: Contains everything necessary to install the base FreeBSD operating system, a collection of pre-built packages, the documentation, and supports booting into a "livefs" based rescue mode. This should be all you need if you can burn and use DVD-sized media. disc1, disc2, disc3, livefs, docs: disc1 contains the base FreeBSD system and a few pre-built packages. disc2 and disc3 contain more pre-built packages. Those three can be burned to CDROM sized media and should be all you need to do a normal installation. livefs contains support for entering into a "livefs" based rescue mode but you need disc1 to do the initial boot first. docs contains the documentation. bootonly: This supports booting a machine using the CDROM drive but does not contain the support for installing FreeBSD from the CD itself, you would need to perform a network based install (e.g. from an FTP server) after booting from the CD. FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE can also be purchased on CD-ROM or DVD from several vendors. One of the vendors that will be offering FreeBSD 7.1-based products is: FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, powerpc, and sparc64 architectures. FreeBSD 7.1 can be installed from bootable ISO images or over the network; the required files can be downloaded via FTP or BitTorrent as described in the sections below. While some of the smaller FTP mirrors may not carry all architectures, they will all generally contain the more common ones, such as i386 and amd64. MD5 and SHA256 hashes for the release ISO images are included at the bottom of this message. The purpose of the ISO images provided as part of the release are as follows: dvd1: Contains everything necessary to install the base FreeBSD operating system, a collection of pre-built packages, the documentation, and supports booting into a "livefs" based rescue mode. This should be all you need if you can burn and use DVD-sized media. disc1, disc2, disc3, livefs, docs: disc1 contains the base FreeBSD system and a few pre-built packages. disc2 and disc3 contain more pre-built packages. Those three can be burned to CDROM sized media and should be all you need to do a normal installation. livefs contains support for entering into a "livefs" based rescue mode but you need disc1 to do the initial boot first. docs contains the documentation. bootonly: This supports booting a machine using the CDROM drive but does not contain the support for installing FreeBSD from the CD itself, you would need to perform a network based install (e.g. from an FTP server) after booting from the CD.
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