From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 16 02:32:13 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 642146FC for ; Sat, 16 May 2015 02:32:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x22b.google.com (mail-wi0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0EC7C164A for ; Sat, 16 May 2015 02:32:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wicmx19 with SMTP id mx19so50901437wic.0 for ; Fri, 15 May 2015 19:32:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=iW4EWNPEgj1tQMVPulFzc1JrFwzlOTs+ukU0f/UAuo4=; b=astSKPSiCFEwqrmZlyHYEuYkoP5quKXLXT5GpxrykiIEssxebkqrP3QLUanw7qopjW bcnhzOwgceUg0vp8nRX6luLylt3BMAaSlrXKfedHWeq0qGyBWI76rS5kuNWp9F2N12fO 0Q7b55XZFs4n+vsKDv4ronssNdXnANIibKv8nGbXRaMYbwnwchJxcwTB82BVs6cdMNPB PDbUBYSEsVY/cO/pUzCEHmILwep2ojw7jfNW8f4xhVBXmnAr9u2uXvROm7QsDkthUAco VaTTKTXoIIZF82Vw0eaFREv+65qLFHA3zTsX5hvjurUAPZuEXjkdIFs/xpC0nHpFWlbf oFlw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.109.229 with SMTP id hv5mr4918565wjb.119.1431743531556; Fri, 15 May 2015 19:32:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.28.189.196 with HTTP; Fri, 15 May 2015 19:32:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 10:32:11 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: configuration script? From: Ben Woods To: Jeffry Killen Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 02:32:13 -0000 On 16 May 2015 at 09:47, Jeffry Killen wrote: > O.K., so after about four attempt to get a bootable cd, I finally got one > to boot and installed the system. At the end of the install process I am > presented with an option to reboot or enter "Live Cd". > > In the past when I installed from cds ordered from FreeBSD mall, there > was a lot of software I could add after the installation process was > concluded. I did not see that here. Is that what the "Live Cd" is all about. > (I have been browsing the handbook and haven't found anything > revealing in this respect) Depending on which FreeBSD install image you downloaded, there may or may not be packages included. The "disc1" does not include any packages, whilst the "dvd1" does include a small set of packages. This is mentioned on these 2 pages: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.1R/announce.html https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html More importantly, FreeBSD now makes regular package updates available (updated more than once per week). This will bring both feature updates and security fixes - highly recommended to use these. This makes the availability of packages on the install media less useful. Simply use "pkg upgrade" to update your packages, or "pkg install PACKAGENAME" to install new packages from the Internet. > > Also, There is a gui script that allow post install configuration options to > be set. That script used to be accessible after the installation and reboot > into the new system. I also have not found that, and don't remember the > command to access it. The FreeBSD installer has changed. Whilst it is different to what you remember, the new command like gui configuration tool is "bsdconfig" - run it on the command line and have a play.