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Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 15:17:44 -0500
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD release ISO purpose?
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Louis LeBlanc wrote:
| 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

disc1 -> the basic install components and popular third party apps
(x11,etc.)
disc2 -> more packages, a live file system
miniinst -> the basic install components, no third party apps
boot -> the basics to boot, no install components, good for testing your
hardware

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Jeremy Faulkner	<gldisater@gldis.ca>
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