Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 09:16:06 -0500 From: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> To: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what is on disk 2? Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030506091454.017b9c60@mail.servplex.com> In-Reply-To: <20030506212051.737d0a58.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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Disk 1 is all that is needed for the install. Disk 2 is a fix it disk... It has a live file system on it, and is used to repair defective installations. Disk 3 and 4 (if you have those), are the packages that can be installed, but if you install the ports tree (recommended), you don't need them. Peter At 09:20 PM 5/6/2003 +0800, you wrote: >Dear All, > >I'm new to FreeBSD, though have been using Linux for years. > >I recently purchased the two CDs for version 5.0 from a computer >bookstore. The installation went fine, and I am so far happy though a bit >overwhelmed by all the new stuff I have to learn. But as a dumb newbie >forgive me for asking: > > What is on CD number 2? > >Both CDs are bootable, but a look at the directories convinces me that the >disks are not the same. During the install, I was never prompted to insert >disk 2. So I have to ask, what is disk 2 for? > >Really, this is not a troll. Just curious. > >regards, >Robert >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE.
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