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Date:      Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:23:35 +0100
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation
Message-ID:  <fr8s99$kep$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <op.t7v4onzfeuvaz5@athlon2000>
References:  <op.t7v4onzfeuvaz5@athlon2000>

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dajaasge wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> As a relatively inexperienced user of FreeBSD I have little input to
> offer the community as a whole save to suggest that offering a DVD iso
> image from which to install would save the sometimes extreme tediousness
> of disc swapping when adding packages. If I knew more about it I would
> make such an image myself, however, having never had to do it before it
> is something I will have to pen in for a later time.

As others said, most experienced people install a more-or-less barebones
system and add packages over the net. Alternatively, you might try an
experimental system such as
http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2008/02/11/finstall-alpha3/ .




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