From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 24 04:10:54 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@nevdull.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5314A868 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 04:10:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1EEDECE1 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 04:10:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-76-100.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t5O4AjhN002880 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:10:46 -0500 Message-ID: <558A2DC5.8040401@hiwaay.net> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:17:00 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation dvd References: <6213A983-300C-4175-A324-ACF91D210BA0@yahoo.com> <5589D614.8060702@intersonic.se> <558A1354.7080006@gooch.io> <558A1B66.9050100@gooch.io> <20150624060317.52a5ea96.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20150624060317.52a5ea96.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 04:10:54 -0000 On 06/23/15 23:09, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:52:22 -0700, Jesse Gooch wrote: >> Actually I think the DVD may contain some software. It's the CD that >> only contains base. Sorry for the bad info. > The installation CD just contains a very narrow set of additional > applications. It's basically the OS parts and assorted software. > The main purpose of this media is to get the OS running, setup > network connection, and start installing via Internet. > > The DVD contains more software as precompiled packages, to be > installed with pkg. Of course that software has the versions > that have been "freezed" prior to RELEASE. If you need something "frozen" (sorry, couldn't resist :-) ) > more recent, having Internet directly available for updates (or > at least a machine to fetch binary packages for further transfer > and installation) is recommended. The distfiles (sources for the > ports collection) are usually fetched from Internet as well, so > if you're going to build from source, Internet is what you need. > > If that is _not_ an option, just mount the installation DVD and > use pkg to install the software you need by pointing at the correct > package location. > > > -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.