Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 14:11:26 -0700 From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: re@freebsd.org Subject: Need a README to explain items in download directory Message-ID: <CAG=rPVfXz8xrwSf3cuHY4XYX-haBO7onArdwC_mWYV78m3R58Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, As a new user, wanting to download FreeBSD, and maybe not wanting to read everything on the web site, I would go through these steps: (1) Go to http://www.freebsd.org/ (2) See "Get FreeBSD now", click on it. (3) Skim through a lot of text on that page, which is very wordy (we can probably streamline this page) (4) Notice that there is a section: "Download FreeBSD" (5) Click on the "ISO" link Once I click on that link, I see a directory with files. For example, at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.2/ I see: CHECKSUM.MD5 CHECKSUM.SHA256 FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso.xz FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img It is not clear to me which of these files I need. Do I need all of them, or just some of them? What do these files do? Can we have a README.txt file in this directory with a concise description of these files? For starters, having one line description per file would be useful: ============================================================ FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso - Initial boot, fits on CD, requires disc 1 FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso - Installer, fits on CD, requires bootonly FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso.xz - Complete installer, fits on DVD FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso - Live file system, boot and run off of CD/DVD, used for recovery FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img - Installer for USB memory stick ============================================================ I don't even know if what I listed above is correct....I am just guessing. -- Craig Rodrigues rodrigc@crodrigues.org
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