Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:55:59 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <ulrich@pukruppa.net> To: "IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR" <teners@bh90210.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ISOs Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901300550400.78047@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <C5A74678.25151%teners@bh90210.net> References: <C5A74678.25151%teners@bh90210.net>
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR wrote: > Mr. Kruppa: > > Indeed there seems to be a discrepancy between your comments (that the > DVD is inclusive of the documentation) and Mr. Barber, who indicated in his > email to me that the DVD is NOT inclusive of the documentation (only the > three CDs, I did not include his email but can if you wish to see it). > > Can you or he clarify this? Please do read http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/announce.html "Availability" yourself: ---------------------------------------- dvd1: Contains everything necessary to install the base FreeBSD operating system, a collection of pre-built packages, the documentation, and supports booting into a "livefs" based rescue mode. This should be all you need if you can burn and use DVD-sized media. ----------------------------------------- Greetings, Uli. > > > V/R, > > Stuart > > > On 1/29/09 9:34 AM, "Peter Ulrich Kruppa" <ulrich@pukruppa.net> wrote: > >> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR wrote: >> >>> Dear Sir or Ma'am: >>> >>> I have tried to search Google and that, but probably am not using the >>> right conglomerate of keywords to find what I want to know, so I am resigned >>> to asking you. >>> >>> I recently noticed that there are quite a number of DVDs and CD-ROMs out >>> for FreeBSD, and I'd like to give it a try. So I downloaded the amd64-all >>> torrent, but I fear I likely have more ISOs than I need. >>> >>> Does the "dvd1" include the contents of the docs? >>> >>> What are all the other ISOs? >>> >>> I saw no documentation on the freebsd.org site descriptive what I am >>> asking. >>> >>> 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso >> This is only a very minimalistic Operating System/Installation >> CD, nearly everything has to be downloaded from the internet. >> You should know what you do, when you use this. >> >>> 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso >>> 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc2.iso >>> 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc3.iso >>> 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-docs.iso >> These are the release CD's. You will need at least disc1. The >> others contain collections of useful software and information. >> >>> 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso >> Contains the stuff of the four CD's >> >>> 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso >> A live-file-system, i.e. you can run the OS from CD without >> installing it to your harddisk - not very complete, but nice for >> testing. >> >>> Thanks in advance, and have a blessed day. >> >> Greetings >> >> Uli. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Very Respectfully, >>> >>> IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR >>> Las Vegas, NV / Beverly Hills, CA / Philadelphia, PA / Washington, DC >>> Amateur Radio Call Sign: N3GWG (Extra) / Marine Radio Operator Permit (MROP) >>> email: teners@bh90210.net (also carbon copies to my Blackberry) >>> phone: +(1) 310.358.0202 (Beverly Hills, CA, forwards to mobile phone) >>> phone: +(1) 215.338.6005 (Philadelphia, PA, voice mail only) >>> E-Fax: +(1) 928.437.4505 (Telecopier, fax to email gateway) >>> >>> Military emails (checked monthly until remote NMCI access is secured) >>> NIPRNET: stuart.tener@navy.mil >>> NIPRNET: stuart.b.tener@us.army.mil >>> NRO: teners@nro.mil >>> TS/SCI: tenerstu@nro.ic.gov (GWAN) >>> >>> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is >>> for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential >>> and/or privileged information, though strictly at the UNCLASSIFIED level. >>> Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If >>> you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply >>> e-mail and destroy all copies of the originate message. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> | Peter Ulrich Kruppa >> | Wuppertal >> | Germany > > > > > -- > > Very Respectfully, > > IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR > Las Vegas, NV / Beverly Hills, CA / Philadelphia, PA / Washington, DC > Amateur Radio Call Sign: N3GWG (Extra) / Marine Radio Operator Permit (MROP) > email: teners@bh90210.net (also carbon copies to my Blackberry) > phone: +(1) 310.358.0202 (Beverly Hills, CA, forwards to mobile phone) > phone: +(1) 215.338.6005 (Philadelphia, PA, voice mail only) > E-Fax: +(1) 928.437.4505 (Telecopier, fax to email gateway) > > Military emails (checked monthly until remote NMCI access is secured) > NIPRNET: stuart.tener@navy.mil > NIPRNET: stuart.b.tener@us.army.mil > NRO: teners@nro.mil > TS/SCI: tenerstu@nro.ic.gov (GWAN) > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and/or privileged information, though strictly at the UNCLASSIFIED level. > Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If > you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply > e-mail and destroy all copies of the originate message. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | Wuppertal | Germany
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