Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 15:58:24 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: re@freebsd.org Subject: Media image names - Document & rationalise. Message-ID: <201410011358.s91DwOXJ033137@fire.js.berklix.net>
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Hi stable@, cc re@ The jump from 10.1-BETA1 to BETA2, introducing -uefi-, doubled the possible downloadable images again: http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.3/ http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/10.0/ http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/10.1/ CHECKSUM.MD5-10.1-BETA3-amd64 CHECKSUM.SHA256-10.1-BETA3-amd64 FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-bootonly.iso FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-bootonly.iso.xz FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-disc1.iso FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-disc1.iso.xz FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-dvd1.iso FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-dvd1.iso.xz FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-memstick.img FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-memstick.img.xz FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-mini-memstick.img FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-mini-memstick.img.xz FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-uefi-bootonly.iso FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-uefi-bootonly.iso.xz FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-uefi-disc1.iso FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-uefi-disc1.iso.xz FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-uefi-dvd1.iso FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-uefi-dvd1.iso.xz FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-uefi-memstick.img FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-uefi-memstick.img.xz FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-uefi-mini-memstick.img FreeBSD-10.1-BETA3-amd64-uefi-mini-memstick.img.xz Maybe there was an explanation of -uefi- on a mail list. One can guess: for [some?] newer machines try uefi. But could we put a more exact purpose of uefi images in a README ? The nomenclature of alternate downloadables is not orthogonal, (less atractive to non FreeBSD people casually sampling) eg: - bootonly & mini have similar purpose but different names. - disc1 & dvd1 but no stick1 & bootonly1; we could drop '1'. (Historicly FreeBSD had disc2 on 4.11 & disc3 on 6.4 & 7.4 & 8.4 but not in 9.2 & 9.3 & 10.0) A small README on the ftp server in each image directory, could also be copied to http://www.freebsd.org/where.html A text suggestion: -bootonly.iso Minimal CDROM, Can fetch more later. -disc1.iso Full OS for CDROM. -dvd1.iso Full OS for DVD, CD data + also .... -memstick Full OS for USB memory stick. -mini-memstick Minimal USB, Can fetch more later. -uefi- ... Add a definition ... .xz Compressed. Only if you already have a modern FreeBSD with xz. If you have some other OS, copy a non .xz. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix'78 C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com Indent previous with "> ". Interleave reply paragraphs like a play script. Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative. ShellShock - http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/bash/
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