From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 18 09:15:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42104106566C for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:15:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA558FC13 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:15:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JbXuU-0003Pv-Jl for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:15:06 +0000 Received: from 195.208.174.178 ([195.208.174.178]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:15:06 +0000 Received: from vadim_nuclight by 195.208.174.178 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:15:06 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Vadim Goncharov Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:14:54 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Nuclear Lightning @ Tomsk, TPU AVTF Hostel Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <200803141508.m2EF86Jl068931@lurza.secnetix.de> <20080317111741.GB6353@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.208.174.178 X-Comment-To: Hans Lambermont User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news Subject: Re: RELEASE discs & ISO images (for future) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: vadim_nuclight@mail.ru List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:15:11 -0000 Hi Hans Lambermont! On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:17:41 +0100; Hans Lambermont wrote about 'Re: RELEASE discs & ISO images (for future)': >>> Therefore, my opinion is that we should publish a DVD image in the >>> future that contains everything we have today on disc{1,2,3} docs >>> and livefs CD. The size of such an DVD would be 1.95 GB for >>> 7.0-RELEASE/i386. >>> >>> For those who don't want or need packages and docs, a smaller CD >>> image with just the install bits (and maybe the fixit FS) could be >>> provided, and of course the small "bootonly" image, but nothing >>> else. Providing five or more CD images is rather last century like, >>> in my opinion. >> >> Yes, but DVD is still in the future. > Why ? I've used Dru's nice blog at > http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/unix/bsd/archives/creating-your-own-freebsd-70-dvd-22791 > (slightly adapted, using mdconfig -d -u /dev/md0) to create my own > bootable dvd (of disc[1-3].iso and docs.iso) in only a few minutes time. Yours own, but not official. I've heard of custom-made DVDs from early 5.x, but that's not an option for novice user. -- WBR, Vadim Goncharov. ICQ#166852181 mailto:vadim_nuclight@mail.ru [Moderator of RU.ANTI-ECOLOGY][FreeBSD][http://antigreen.org][LJ:/nuclight]