From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 9 11:49:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E98B1065672 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 11:49:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 830E18FC19 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 11:49:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; s=DKIM-NAME-SERVICES; d=a1poweruser.com; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:X-Sender:X-Envelope-From; l=500; bh=VI8lc6AqZDaBo/3ieFgtAMCTb7i0iSIQhRzibxcOjyw=; b=a1whav4TFbdYhruy/1NNc+ySR1zFEYVXnop7sQtym54sSYgDro7XTeZLCX0zBJj22N/RpL7/Mu5SWwBSA58RODSRjNU7NWGEnOD74VQ+lcdn0aj4VVuNo2MPTd+IamcDm/43+3ocyqkwdzjidpAvoWxF+dgcQUlUFCNAjjvWS80= Received: from [192.168.1.64] ([76.240.47.196]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Fri, 9 Sep 2011 04:49:03 -0700 Message-ID: <4E69FD2D.1060901@a1poweruser.com> Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:49:01 -0400 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thomas Mueller References: <20110909112928.EF05C106566B@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20110909112928.EF05C106566B@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Sep 2011 11:49:03.0650 (UTC) FILETIME=[78E1D020:01CC6EE6] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Envelope-From: fbsd8*a1poweruser.com Cc: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: get rel 9.0 iso X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:49:03 -0000 "Thomas Mueller I think dvd1.iso was < 700 MB and would therefore fit on a CD? > > I just checked, it was < 700 MB: > > Index of ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ > > Up to higher level directory > Name Size Last Modified > File:CHECKSUM.MD5 1 KB 09/01/11 00:00:00 > File:CHECKSUM.SHA256 1 KB 09/01/11 00:00:00 > File:FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2-amd64-bootonly.iso 142490 KB 08/31/11 18:45:00 > File:FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2-amd64-dvd1.iso 621926 KB 08/31/11 18:43:00 > File:FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2-amd64-memstick.img 666990 KB 08/31/11 18:46:00 > > (end of quote) > > My computer from July 2001 had CD-RW but no DVD. This was one of the factors pushing me to buy parts for a new computer. > > FreeBSD 8.2 slice on old computer is about 12 GB with 1.3 GB free; RAM is 256 MB. > > So a better way to upgrade to 9.0 might be to build on the new computer onto a 16 GB USB stick, I wouldn't even need to keep the ports tree or system source on the USB stick. I assume booting a USB stick with Plop would work on the 2001 computer with FreeBSD as it did with NetBSD 4.0.1 and NetBSD-current. > > Due to insufficient RAM and insufficient disk space for the bigger packages/ports, I feel like I'm at the end of the line with FreeBSD, NetBSD too, on the 2001 computer; would need to build on my new computer. > > Tom > The dvd1.iso file is less than 700mb and would fit on a standard cd. But the point is you do not install from a .iso file. The .iso file is a compressed file and when you uncompress it it's way to large to fit on a standard cd but will fit on a dvd. Thats why its named dvd1.iso.