Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:08:25 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Message-ID: <47D7D5C9.6040505@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <200803120945.30038.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk> References: <op.t7v4onzfeuvaz5@athlon2000> <200803120945.30038.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk>
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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 > <http://www.pa.msu.edu/~tigner/bsddvd.html>. 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
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