From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 16 22:03:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39C78106564A for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:03:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com) Received: from smtp812.mail.ird.yahoo.com (smtp812.mail.ird.yahoo.com [217.146.188.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91DA58FC13 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:03:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com) Received: (qmail 66365 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2008 21:36:52 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=btinternet.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:From:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:Cc:References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Disposition:Message-Id; b=R7dhmMT7Bja9tPLfyWiD2D18qRwMItgVnJlfFX38VfEgQnIyqGKSxaFvbAb6StQKuLJQvfZHuT9GssZKFT/nWm39PZedAirv+9oNp54y71XZukhkRZ86gD3OWN5sIJBi+Y2+3QOgHJ1qf1OSbDkdxeqNbEyKbQnQBKkBemhF9SM= ; Received: from unknown (HELO w2fzz0vc03.aah-go-on.com) (thomas.sparrevohn@btinternet.com@86.150.96.45 with login) by smtp812.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Mar 2008 21:36:52 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: zKpVU94VM1mUrTm670WIP6wY5OZjMQnjdIc8P9pmA1Hh8fYAh7AbKD9hOZP2_f8ARnO53PziVA-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: Thomas Sparrevohn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:36:51 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200803162003.m2GK3RW2059873@whoweb.com> <200803162102.56212.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <14d5bc5907865a291f91883030ae1409@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <14d5bc5907865a291f91883030ae1409@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200803162136.51522.Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> Cc: Joshua Isom , Mel Subject: Re: Why not a DVD iso version too? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:03:34 -0000 On Sunday 16 March 2008 21:29:29 Joshua Isom wrote: >=20 > On Mar 16, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Mel wrote: >=20 > > On Sunday =D9=A1=D9=A6 March =D9=A2=D9=A0=D9=A0=D9=A8 =D9=A2=D9=A1:=D9= =A0=D9=A3:=D9=A2=D9=A7 Incoming Mail List wrote: > > > >> I think I can answer this one. Perhaps, not enough disk space? See, > >> the "Where is packages-=D9=A6.=D9=A2-release" for more context. You k= now, disk > >> space isn't infinite...uh-huh. > > > > Easy to bitch, ain't it? > > Make an iso-dvd then and provide the space and bandwidth. > > > > I hope they never release a DVD officially, cause it'll mean that =D9= =A8=D9=A0%=20 > > of > > what's downloaded then will never ever be used, yet it does use up the > > bandwidth on every new release. Stick to windows if you believe that's= =20 > > a > > proper use of resources. > > >=20 > Well, since the OP just wants a DVD version, and not specifically a=20 > version that's too big to fit on a CD, why not just create a DVD iso=20 > that contains just enough to install? >=20 > Personally, I wonder why there isn't a ISO image that'll install=20 > FreeBSD somewhat in a Gentoo concept, format the disk(s), download the=20 > source, csup and install from the source(good for someone wanting to=20 > follow -STABLE instead of -RELEASE), install and csup the ports tree,=20 > and good to go. >=20 Sorry - FreeBSD is - you have been able to install FreeBSD from the=20 mini dist (I and floppies used to work) for a long long time. Personally I would like to have the option of a DVD - but that is mainly because I would like it as a backup of /usr/local=20