From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 12 13:07:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED9F41065670 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:07:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60AD78FC2A for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:07:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from [192.168.0.1] (athedsl-83591.home.otenet.gr [87.203.79.213]) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m2CD7brf022070 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:07:37 +0200 Message-ID: <47D7D5C9.6040505@otenet.gr> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:08:25 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200803120945.30038.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200803120945.30038.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Installation 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: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:07:41 -0000 Mike Clarke wrote: > On Wednesday 12 March 2008, dajaasge wrote: > > >> 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. >> > > Creating a DVD from the official FreeBSD CD isos (disc[1-3]) is quite > straightforward. Take a look at the instructions on > . It describes creating a DVD from > a 2 CD set but the process is the same for 3, just include an extra step to > mount and copy disc3 in the same way as he describes disc2, then continue > with the instructions for disc2 and disc1 in that order. > > Or, if for some reason you don't want to build it yourself, download this torrent: http://www.tuxdistro.com/torrents-details.php?id=921