From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 3 21:11:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0CEE106564A for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2011 21:11:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crodr001@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DF978FC0A for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2011 21:11:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkat8 with SMTP id t8so4794523bka.13 for ; Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:11:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=hB+JM7WTNwgIewgubXZcrhpo8tsM7G+vyCDWzgbmX/g=; b=mkiehrfv6w1R0IPzRl2RuRT5rWPBdZFtfib5RKt6LObHEIg0jTxS2qnTEAky3CeE/R Oh8IrzkOvhm2hqlEFdjJ9NUh8JuiUtjtmnKjS0YT4p7BeuxHss1CjCj4oTYcDvS7Lnx5 gspgIRr/t8e+wicGhLNS3N9H07iCPDRKgAaGA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.148.205 with SMTP id q13mr1357744bkv.179.1315084286760; Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:11:26 -0700 (PDT) Sender: crodr001@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.58.196 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Sep 2011 14:11:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 14:11:26 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: FsWMCqyTMldm52yqPJJeN1uJL00 Message-ID: From: Craig Rodrigues To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: re@freebsd.org Subject: Need a README to explain items in download directory X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:11:28 -0000 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