From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 9 20:08:07 2011 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 A1B79106566C for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 20:08:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6536E8FC12 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 20:08:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-14-151.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.14.151]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0A0B3D316 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 22:08:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id p89K85sO001984 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 22:08:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 22:08:05 +0200 From: Polytropon To: "questions@freebsd.org" Message-Id: <20110909220805.dc9bd8fe.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <0LrNzk-1R9Gx31Eyq-013cE7@mx.kundenserver.de> References: <0LrNzk-1R9Gx31Eyq-013cE7@mx.kundenserver.de> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: get rel 9.0 iso X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:08:07 -0000 On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:31:57 +0000 (GMT), Thomas Mueller wrote: > Is that pc that can't boot from memstick old? I have an old > PC, dating to July 2001, that can't boot directly from USB, > but can boot from USB with the help of Plop (http://www.plop.at/) > boot manager. If it doesn't boot directly (even my old 2005 PC has problems with that) try to use PLOP to boot the memstick image. You can easily directly copy it to a USB stick which would then be a bootable media. > I think dvd1.iso was < 700 MB and would therefore fit on a CD? No that would have been the CD#1; the traditional set of 4 CDs comes with CD#1 installation, CD#2 Live system (can also be used to install via Internet), CD#3 and CD#4 for packages. Those CD images are named "disc" instead of "dvd". You can find them for the current release at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.2/ FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso 48,108 KB -> CD FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso 668,928 KB -> CD FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso.xz 2,017,993 KB -> DVD FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso 258,216 KB -> CD FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img 936,150 KB -> USB Those set of images is typically generated for a RELEASE, not for CURRENT (and its BETA and RC stages). In your case, the 9.0-BETA2 "bootonly" CD can be used to boot the system and to start the installation via Internet (in case you don't have the option to boot from DVD). > My computer from July 2001 had CD-RW but no DVD. This was > one of the factors pushing me to buy parts for a new computer. In this case, I'd simply use CD because it seems to be less trouble (just in case USB boot via PLOP doesn't work). You can also go the following road: Install 8.2-RELEASE, do a source upgrade to 9.0-BETA and update your system from source. You'll find details in the FreeBSD Handbook and in /usr/src/Makefile's comment header. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...