From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 16 04:14:33 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F1CBDFAD for ; Sat, 16 May 2015 04:14:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm3-vm4.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm3-vm4.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [216.39.63.91]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1016100C for ; Sat, 16 May 2015 04:14:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=prodigy.net; s=s2048; t=1431749553; bh=pRTcUCUxnSjpdg4A9dYrphJwTKQboQ97jlnJ0R7XlE0=; h=Cc:From:To:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:References:From:Subject; b=eIr9FBsSFR+kaw8gj+hWA+mg1wmID9Z2Q8aIqgyCiKlRfZ5m4mdW8dmmMbE/0vFItOwYoWjsEnzrMoDQY1tr5UH/wsR8D3rHwAFYayRN0Omfimd2e59wq2+Z63a/U9HmVRyoibaUboqkbLgRUoaE8sB4/z7VF9NwxfE1ERlghJyQvkSBwmtXf7JOjqV8mtNzat7a9e7a86prbDUhx0uhosasqRneoP9mg6I7it2Gon3WM+UtjciGQWUnpem9R8stMc+/Aoepbrso/0f+Z1OqXxO2bFNveBQMQeNJMnnPtyl3j3hCE5M0VhBlf/dgpeFYKwobtYLXV+vfsh9cJ9VKsw== Received: from [216.39.60.166] by nm3.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 May 2015 04:12:33 -0000 Received: from [98.138.226.243] by tm2.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 May 2015 04:12:33 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 May 2015 04:12:33 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 530846.14251.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: UbBCfs8VM1kimBwfwVd31px3M4Vjwpz.uPrfFc0vI.jllVs uHkBO.addLQQ0trlWirWF9Yha_cmMC8JjS8IHYKmJmP8GJclbzs1uqRJVVzL Z63QJRnM4WGSPTaMA_6wxbSv2b2yJARQ_OL51FsKy0snhje6AbdWxY6pXloS be5otwwKys7X7IvTjP3A8NTcODHAw2zBU8tRENoxuHL7nyGojQBtF5a2GH0z 6f.fS.hScP1422Moplq287CVGPE3T1BNesPyglvq6pFHddIxZ4WLzWYlvuC2 JqwCtLoIzFMKuR2dDS1svMnkQGGJH5sK_pIF6ZM4kZDnMCYpIPmQ3CJ1JJWU XftNorWru2pQcv4U4FRbaJyJb2XSdhu0C.8dbPHXwj0w1qcdKwVtw7Ku92lZ cnFYdyBYzo4Pp4CeUbtHTg323hBo7WEgP2oDwKqEFp_rGdoQAgCh1wqPmx9X 0I.Ccq5sRZMUPNR3UCVe.IK2sYlyuQifVdqxjJ9v1tTqsCYYD.D30vqnCixn tq7uobFCoww3L9AeKkkZ2AuaHLTNkos8sNL7ZWRvrGpvhrIqP X-Yahoo-SMTP: 46rcWa.swBDnY9zvhIrsU2awgPSTQgUKFFrFJjEU8wwG Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Message-Id: From: Jeffry Killen To: Ben Woods In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: configuration script? Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 21:12:30 -0700 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) 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 04:14:33 -0000 On May 15, 2015, at 7:32 PM, Ben Woods wrote: > 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. Thank you; The old gui tool was called sysconfig(?). But I will give the new one a tryout. JK