From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 29 17:46:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BF0C106564A for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:46:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from pukruppa.net (pukruppa.net [213.146.114.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 941ED8FC19 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:46:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from pukruppa.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pukruppa.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0THY4rY063766; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:34:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from localhost (ulrich@localhost) by pukruppa.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n0THY3ZU063763; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:34:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:34:03 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa To: "IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISOs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:46:14 -0000 On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR wrote: > Dear Sir or Ma'am: > > I have tried to search Google and that, but probably am not using the > right conglomerate of keywords to find what I want to know, so I am resigned > to asking you. > > I recently noticed that there are quite a number of DVDs and CD-ROMs out > for FreeBSD, and I'd like to give it a try. So I downloaded the amd64-all > torrent, but I fear I likely have more ISOs than I need. > > Does the "dvd1" include the contents of the docs? > > What are all the other ISOs? > > I saw no documentation on the freebsd.org site descriptive what I am > asking. > > 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso This is only a very minimalistic Operating System/Installation CD, nearly everything has to be downloaded from the internet. You should know what you do, when you use this. > 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso > 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc2.iso > 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc3.iso > 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-docs.iso These are the release CD's. You will need at least disc1. The others contain collections of useful software and information. > 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso Contains the stuff of the four CD's > 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso A live-file-system, i.e. you can run the OS from CD without installing it to your harddisk - not very complete, but nice for testing. > Thanks in advance, and have a blessed day. Greetings Uli. > > -- > > Very Respectfully, > > IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR > Las Vegas, NV / Beverly Hills, CA / Philadelphia, PA / Washington, DC > Amateur Radio Call Sign: N3GWG (Extra) / Marine Radio Operator Permit (MROP) > email: teners@bh90210.net (also carbon copies to my Blackberry) > phone: +(1) 310.358.0202 (Beverly Hills, CA, forwards to mobile phone) > phone: +(1) 215.338.6005 (Philadelphia, PA, voice mail only) > E-Fax: +(1) 928.437.4505 (Telecopier, fax to email gateway) > > Military emails (checked monthly until remote NMCI access is secured) > NIPRNET: stuart.tener@navy.mil > NIPRNET: stuart.b.tener@us.army.mil > NRO: teners@nro.mil > TS/SCI: tenerstu@nro.ic.gov (GWAN) > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and/or privileged information, though strictly at the UNCLASSIFIED level. > Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If > you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply > e-mail and destroy all copies of the originate message. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | Wuppertal | Germany