Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 10:27:40 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com>, Jay Kuri <jay@oneway.com>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Dell Inspiron Message-ID: <20000803102740.C87263@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000802185257.053c2920@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 06:54:09PM -0600 References: <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> <20000803094718.R36094@wantadilla.lemis.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000802185257.053c2920@localhost>
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On Wednesday, 2 August 2000 at 18:54:09 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > 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. Read what we're saying. The system installation has nothing to do with the ports collection. Sure, sysinstall allows you to install ports, but there's nothing to stop you installing ports afterwards. We do it all the time, and we do it over the net. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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