Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:42:33 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Krikket <krikket@gothpoodle.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding Packages and Ports Message-ID: <20040202204233.GC67671@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0402020326110.11183-100000@carrefour.gothpoodle.com> References: <20040202080448.GB67671@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0402020326110.11183-100000@carrefour.gothpoodle.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--1SQmhf2mF2YjsYvc
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 03:34:33AM -0500, Krikket wrote:
> I'm going to hold off on replying for a day, while I give this stuff a
> shot, but this part does raise a question for me...
>=20
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> > Those packages are what goes onto the FTP sites, and a
> > sample of the most popular ones go into the install CDs -- there's
> > *far* too much stuff to fit all of it onto a 4 CD distribution set.
>=20
> I got my copy of FreeBSD by downloading the isos. CD 1 & 2 and "mini".
> That's all that was available.
>=20
> CD #1 was the only CD that was ever asked for by the system.
>=20
> Where do the other CD's come into play?
>=20
> What's the difference between the isos and the 4 cd set? (Aside from the
> number of CDs...) I haven't seen anything that directly answers this.
> I'm more than willing to support the BSD project, assuming the OS meets my
> needs (and so far it looks like it probably will) I was just planning on
> starting with the BSD stuffie. 8^) And the BSD books...
The isos on the FreeBSD site are what's distributed as disks 1 and 2
of the 4 CD set. You only get the other two CDs (which contain
various selected packages) if you buy a set from FreeBSDMall or Deamon
News' bsdmall.
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
--1SQmhf2mF2YjsYvc
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD)
iD8DBQFAHrY5dtESqEQa7a0RAqk7AJoDBTyYmNAkd0n5Atj3OxUwupr4SQCgk0Xz
YriHAvIpc/spBhQu/X8H8JA=
=WmwT
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--1SQmhf2mF2YjsYvc--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20040202204233.GC67671>