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Date:      Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:46:14 +0100
From:      RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The Ports collection / FreeBSD CDs
Message-ID:  <200609121346.15600.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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On Tuesday 12 September 2006 12:29, Jeff Rollin wrote:
> > The base system doesn't include X Windows.
> > _____________________________________
>
> Right, I was thinking of NetBSD. X Window System is a FreeBSD port (so it
> must be installed as a package from sysinstall).

That's actually my biggest problem with sysinstall, that it's standard 
installation mixes-up base system options and package options. I only use 
sysinstall once in a blue moon, and I find that  "Choose Distributions" menu, 
baffling - even though I know what I want installed.



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