From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 4 07:06:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A02111065671 for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:06:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aggelidis.news@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A1DB8FC0A for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:06:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aggelidis.news@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so1001053wfg.7 for ; Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:06:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=pem+L5XDpIBk9KvF08KA1eUlZqC5m4bl4eCa8fvHZG0=; b=Rxk5K/IZtza60TFqx6nL88Lh5aABapUcKHMKAipVq6wjTXomZuGzzVXBXNXuH8nEVr 9gx86hebBFUPK+KR+0ZOgdw7SDt1izLtgHHKx8g7Nn1UasvnIa609luU5ZSlrDUD2yuY 8McFjiIUcVDx6sDsKjiDqYozvvRNx8uNNOw7o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Zi5ylgnmFqLPpspnB67WLYfHkCnz44bZ8GA825YYWQ+14ily9qdqB38BeVuCG5z2aR 1tU46an0bQdbIU/kv5a8P/04iVCab6L86uNur89ZSDVoWxGTWVW6QXN9Yy8SnD925exh VFNoD0a0eOWLzLXr9bo3jHGKxItTWmqq3GgFU= Received: by 10.142.53.19 with SMTP id b19mr117601wfa.167.1215153517294; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:38:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.143.10.10 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:38:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <30fc78250807032338p2388be7ax56e1ae38aaafadd8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:38:37 +0300 From: "Aggelidis Nikos" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <486DB3CB.9000906@infoweapons.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <784966050807022128g6a6ebfebtc1f57c0da66779bc@mail.gmail.com> <20080703215537.6F3114504E@ptavv.es.net> <784966050807032126m69eedb98nf0ccaed548fc96ef@mail.gmail.com> <486DA7FC.8050304@math.missouri.edu> <784966050807032138g7ed2da8chf15f185a6a6bf302@mail.gmail.com> <486DB3CB.9000906@infoweapons.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:58:30 +0000 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years / sorry I started flame war X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:06:26 -0000 > I'm sorry I started a kind of flame war. All I wanted was two things: 1. > CD's that installed without being switched in and out dozens of times. That > was fixed by the suggestion of using a DVD. I didn't even know the DVD > install existed, but will do that next time. > I also had the same problem {cd switching} to get around it, i created an installation DVD with all the contents of cd1-2-3. You can find such guide > I can speed the process by copying all of the packages > from CD to my system (/usr/ports/packages/All). That way, only ports > that have been updated since the release will be downloaded and I only > have to change CDs a couple of times. > i hadn't thought of this, seems like a nice trick... Isn't it possible that the advice given in these threads find its way into the handbook? {i use freebsd for less than a month, so if this is a stupid suggestion, please ignore it :) } -nicolas