From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 2 17:54:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACFCE37B6BC; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 17:54:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA24050; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:54:15 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000802185257.053c2920@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 18:54:09 -0600 To: Greg Lehey , Mike Smith From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Dell Inspiron Cc: Darryl Okahata , Jay Kuri , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20000803094718.R36094@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000802140411.05180a70@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000802141320.046d1ca0@localhost> <200008022048.NAA01799@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000802143811.0517eee0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000802141320.046d1ca0@localhost> <200008022048.NAA01799@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <200008020116.SAA15805@mina.soco.agilent.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000801154059.04c50b80@localhost> <200008020116.SAA15805@mina.soco.agilent.com> <20000802110407.F36094@wantadilla.lemis.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000802140411.05180a70@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 06:17 PM 8/2/2000, Greg Lehey wrote: >2. There's no reason ever for a net install if you have the CD-ROM. Not so. The Ports Collection is always being updated, and by installing from CD-ROM one runs the risk of missing the latest security fixes. To avoid this, it's a good idea to install from the online version of the Ports Collection. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message