From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 18 11:44:39 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 88CE0106566C for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:44:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08FE58FC26 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:44:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m2IBiYo9012405; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:44:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m2IBiWRb012404; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:44:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:44:32 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200803181144.m2IBiWRb012404@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, vadim_nuclight@mail.ru In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-current User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:44:37 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: RELEASE discs & ISO images (for future) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, 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 11:44:39 -0000 Vadim Goncharov wrote: > Hans Lambermont wrote: > > [...] > > > > 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. What is the practical difference? It's quite easy do create such a DVD, even for FreeBSD novice users. I've also mentioned several times (and you have ignored it several times) that you can buy an official DVD. Some vendors also offer FreeBSD DVDs for very low prices, e.g. the FreeBSD 7.0 DVD (double layer, i.e. 8 GB) from the German Lehmanns bookshop is 10 Euro, that's $6.50. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "When your hammer is C++, everything begins to look like a thumb." -- Steve Haflich, in comp.lang.c++