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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