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Date:      Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:54:14 +0200
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org>
To:        "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What are the FTP disk1, disk2, mini ISO images?
Message-ID:  <20030412145414.GF534@nosferatu.blackend.org>
In-Reply-To: <tkistkd2hr.stk@localhost.localdomain>
References:  <tkistkd2hr.stk@localhost.localdomain>

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On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 04:43:28PM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> A description of FTP files seems to be needed somewhere where it is
> obvious to someone who is trying to download FreeBSD.
> 
> I've noticed this problem at least with respect to the ISO files
> in *.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/4.8/ which I got to
> after following the "Getting FreeBSD" link at "www.freebsd.org".
> I see three ISO files and one MD5 file and seem have to guess which
> to use and what to do with them.  I looked on the pages which I
> clicked through from the home to find the FDP directory and saw
> nothing about the files.  I also followed the "Release Information"
> link and then the Release Notes and the Announcement.  And I searched
> the Handbook and the *.TXT files on "disk1" for "disk1" and found
> nothing about any of the files except the rather general directions
> regarding installation from CD which do not mention disk1, disk2, or
> mini.

It's there:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html#AEN3228
Table 2-6. FreeBSD ISO image names and meanings

Marc



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