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Date:      Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:35:12 +1000 (EST)
From:      jason andrade <jason@rtfmconsult.com>
To:        Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
Cc:        hubs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd 5.3-release and some observations
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.60.0411180633250.29442@luna.rtfmconsult.com>
In-Reply-To: <200411171010.iAHAAfLa054210@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <200411171010.iAHAAfLa054210@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Oliver Fromme wrote:

>
> jason andrade wrote:
> > i've also been asked if (as other distros are doing) FreeBSD
> > will master a DVD iso image for downloads.
>
> You don't need a separate DVD ISO image.  You can just take
> the standard CD ISO image and write it to a DVD-R.  Should
> work just fine.  There's no difference between CD ISOs and
> DVD ISOs, except that the latter can be larger.

right.  other distributions use the extra space to create a 
DVD that has a larger package set as well as install tree.
i believe the current CD ISO has a subset of the entire
package tree for that release.

personally i'm pretty happy with the CD sized arrangement
but since i get asked i figured i'd pass it on.

regards,

-jason



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