Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 09:17:42 -0500 From: Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports/CD images? Message-ID: <c4h883$igh$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20040326142811.B10719@cto.gda.pl> References: <20040326142811.B10719@cto.gda.pl>
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Igor Skalski wrote: > I would like to try to install FreeBSD on my home computer wchich is not > connected to the Internet. In my opinion the most important aspect of > using free software in such a conditions is possessing whole set of CD's > containing both most important programs and source code. > I can not find on the Internet CD images containing ports and sources. > Are they available anywhere? I am not intend to buy the CD set - at least > before trying the system. You're right, I don't see any CD image available online that contains all the packages, which is a little surprising. However, CDs containing lots of the packages are available very cheaply. I just checked http://www.cheapbytes.com , and they have 4 & 6 CD sets available for as low as US$6. So you might invest in one of those. -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, a FreeBSD weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/
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