Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:42:36 -0400 From: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> To: Dan Allen <danallen46@airwired.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Content Message-ID: <20080904114236.bb1a6eb8.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7BDBF15A-A8E2-424C-9988-043B6A70F541@airwired.net> References: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net> <20080903191454.GA15376@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <DC1CA362-09F3-4D85-BE20-776A133FD3D6@airwired.net> <48BF23D3.2070509@brianwhalen.net> <B1F9E128-A66F-4A5A-BBA1-A016F4ECDF77@airwired.net> <20080904134305.GC1188@atarininja.org> <48BFEF26.2070405@pingle.org> <7BDBF15A-A8E2-424C-9988-043B6A70F541@airwired.net>
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On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 08:58:27 -0600 Dan Allen <danallen46@airwired.net> wrote: > Then, since packages are always out-of-date, why not just skip the DVD > and use the internet with a couple of check boxes at the end of the > install, the way ports is treated now, that are just calls to pkg_add - > r for: > > * KDE > * GNOME > * Firefox > * ... whatever else are the most popular add-ons > > Fewer bits to be delivered via CD/DVD, and things are always up-to-date. This functionality already exists in sysinstall. Go to Configure Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD Select: Packages Install pre-packaged software for FreeBSD Then select the installation media/method: 2 FTP Install from an FTP server Select ftp server: Main Site ftp.freebsd.org Sysinstall will retrieve the INDEX of all available packages. It might take a few minutes to display all the package options. Selecting a package to install will automatically install all needed dependencies. It might be necessary to set some options under: Options View/Set various installation options if you're trying to get package versions other than the particular FreeBSD version that you have (ie, LATEST). I don't remember the exact details for doing this since I no longer use (possibly obsolete) packages. Its been years since I used Sysinstall but I seem to remember that at the end of a new installation, it will ask if you want to install packages which is done as described above. HTH, Randy --
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