From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 8 10:02:40 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06BD2135 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2013 10:02:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vc0-f174.google.com (mail-vc0-f174.google.com [209.85.220.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C12B8FA4 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2013 10:02:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f174.google.com with SMTP id kw10so2477505vcb.5 for ; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:02:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=J09SVUg/F94dlb97ePKPV+EEJISv6Kcm0OacwHEbGM8=; b=Za2vv0DypvlXm7U+brsuiHnncKNOsRDQCO+CF6OsEjlsWbgxTHONbUhB1rGdHhJu1n 6U3t4BT8OPZ1ofkOD9jzpi50Wkl+dmDq9W6BgYGUg4Yqb56k2bSjOh6TqBspRb9MKN+i PQmGEm7Qn2BMi/MNgmvZikhTrN5L9+3phBtoMm4wkcbHFjKz6NtINRAOA9rOejRxgz2c EWPBfk5AQYeCrt5f2ItIDSXiBmnw/yP9+SBYpacYlNRbUNnOrWDgYqLiNokqzEmHwdbr iIZmy3Vo9ZvcsAFIPE0tlFbaKHyNJKan6IpliBuHrdKseN74hEFmqYobIGjx44nZlwSm 8VaQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.222.8 with SMTP id ie8mr15420173vcb.27.1365415358729; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:02:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.58.132.203 with HTTP; Mon, 8 Apr 2013 03:02:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 03:02:38 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: FreeBSD Releases *.ISO Information From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: freebsd-stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:02:40 -0000 Dears All , In no one of the following directories : ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/8.3/ ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/8.4/ ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/9.1/ there is a "read me" file to describe *.iso files and how to use them . For experienced users , such a file may be "nonsense" , but each year , there are a lot of "NEW" candiate users grown sufficently in age which many of them may wish to try any of the *.iso files . When there is no any information about them , what can they do ? There is a file in their parent directory : ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/README.TXT This file may contain such a descriptive information . Preparing a .html file with links to information about how to burn / record these files may be much more useful : It may contain links to : http://www.freebsd.org/where.html In the above page , there is ONLY a link to the following : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html ( Chapter 3 Installing FreeBSD 8.X and Earlier ) Inclusion of link to the following page may be useful : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall.html ( Chapter 2 Installing FreeBSD 9.X and Later ) http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/installation.html : The above page does not contain any information about *.iso files . Some sample pages : http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_install_SystemRescueCd_on_an_USB-stick http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_Downloading_and_burning http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/try-ubuntu-before-you-install http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/burn-a-dvd-on-windows http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/install-ubuntu-with-windows http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/burn-a-dvd-on-ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk