Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 06:22:58 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation dvd Message-ID: <20150624062258.333244de.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <558A2DC5.8040401@hiwaay.net> 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> <558A2DC5.8040401@hiwaay.net>
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On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:17:00 -0453, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > 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 :-) ) Hey, that's artistic newspeak freedom! :-) being freezed: from "freeze" (as in "code freeze"): code in the state of being closed to any further alteration; usually used with quotation marks consult ns dict 10 ed p 404 :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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