From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 2 21:15:13 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45BAB98D for ; Thu, 2 May 2013 21:15:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ljboiler@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vc0-f172.google.com (mail-vc0-f172.google.com [209.85.220.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 098D51626 for ; Thu, 2 May 2013 21:15:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f172.google.com with SMTP id hx10so928651vcb.31 for ; Thu, 02 May 2013 14:15:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=oMzmO4DoYm3bGZeCJL/X0apwKVvUueAKu7HJlTl/7vo=; b=SqToMq4+5KImfxcJG8ffi/IQikcXNQEfwDPiejCNghcCiAoYvVagUTQ82gRfpBOC92 vA0j2UnGxVesira4Mx8/T9Fta56dnfUnbxKX8TkZ86W2pRKiYX+4ijVFvfrtAuErAqh8 wNKi5k0RfygYUul6drXJ45/qfKSRpJsql+wJU/4PpJwvyOWVpcdszfSMfEjP5rCfDZOQ g/Fqb00IfOVdbUgy4UCAykDBVsT6kzQcT8qvCLbv3lnsW02XNvJ99Gr7U7ejCvPSfaRX pRl33d5oCk6GrLAKZIh6EPpKgbbRTFZMCYDnfbrCsVlmuQJPRWE3Bhb9rVKPgEDh5y0z HZwA== X-Received: by 10.220.95.10 with SMTP id b10mr2811963vcn.10.1367529306042; Thu, 02 May 2013 14:15:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jmobile.jimmy.local (71-81-196-43.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com. [71.81.196.43]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id tp10sm5746501vec.1.2013.05.02.14.15.03 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 02 May 2013 14:15:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by jmobile.jimmy.local (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 02 May 2013 16:15:01 -0500 Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 16:15:01 -0500 From: ljboiler@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (fwd) difference img \ iso Message-ID: <20130502211501.GA1432@jmobile.jimmy.local> References: <201305022045.r42KjWWW003094@jmobile.jimmy.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201305022045.r42KjWWW003094@jmobile.jimmy.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 May 2013 21:15:13 -0000 > Hi there. > > I just want to try some freebsd and get stunned by choosing what release I > should to download\install. > > So I ask you: what difference between iso\img, I mean, If I download > dvd1.iso and mount it on USB drive => starting installation, what difference > between this method and by using *.img ? Why am I asking, 'cause dvd1's got > 3 times more weight, but I never faced with .img when installing windows > systems. > > Thanks. > You would use the ISO files for burning a CD or DVD to boot and install FreeBSD. The larger DVD1.ISO file has more pre-built software packages on it to install after you get the basic install completed; the other ISO files are smaller because they expect you to be able to connect to the internet to download the needed extra parts during the installation. DISC1.ISO has the basic FreeBSD system parts on it, but optional things must be downloaded from the internet; the BOOTONLY.ISO is very small because it contains just the minimum to boot a machine from a CD/DVD, and everthing else, including the base system, must be downloaded from the internet. The IMG file is basically the same as the DISC1.ISO, but is for loading on a USB memory stick and used in machines that allows you to boot from a USB memory stick. HTH, Jimmy