From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 7 19:45:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E43E16A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:45:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out001.verizon.net (out001pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C63E43D1D for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:45:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: from keyslapper.org ([68.163.166.57]) by out001.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20041107194556.FEOS23519.out001.verizon.net@keyslapper.org> for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:45:56 -0600 Received: from keyslapper.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iA7JjpSO067810 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 14:45:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iA7JjoHp067809 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 14:45:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc) Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 14:45:50 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20041107194549.GB67652@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out001.verizon.net from [68.163.166.57] at Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:45:56 -0600 Subject: FreeBSD release ISO purpose? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 19:45:57 -0000 Hey folks. I've been a FreeBSD user for a good while, and with the 5.3 release, I've been trying to figure out the details of each of the release ISOs. The Lehey book, the online handbook, release notes, and whatnot never mentions the purpose of each. The install instructions simply say "insert the installation CD". I've always assumed this referred to disk1. I've never needed to use disk2 in the install, so what's it for? What's the bootonly disk for? What's the mininst disk for? (I'm guessing it means minimum install) Can anyone point me to the details if they exist online? TIA Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ May's Law: The quality of correlation is inversly proportional to the density of control. (The fewer the data points, the smoother the curves.)