Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:43:45 -1000 From: al plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: help with making DVD install disc.. 11 Message-ID: <5697FA71.7020706@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <20160114171111.C93547@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <mailman.97.1452254402.51970.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20160114171111.C93547@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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Ian Smith wrote: > In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 605, Issue 5, Message: 5 > On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:07:09 -1000 al plant <noc@hdk5.net> wrote: > > Aloha List, > > Aloha Al, > > I noticed in the archives that this seemed unanswered .. > > > I need to make a .iso dvd 11 to test hardware. How do I locate a i386 > > copy like below with a dvd designation instead of disc1 or has > > something changed since I did this a while ago? > > > > FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-i386-20160106-r293245-disc1.iso <https://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/11.0/FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-i386-20160106-r293245-disc1.iso> > > > > I looked at handbook but couldnt find the how to for this. See the > > dvd under releases but I want to test 11 for this email desktop > > hardware. > > The package set on the dvds is only rolled just before release time, > when the odds of it being a consistent set are at least reasonable. > > I guess you could use 10.2-RELEASE dvd, then upgrade system sources with > svnlite or svnup, though already you need online access to do that. You > _might_ even get away with replacing base.txz and kernel.txz with > CURRENT ones on a re-rolled 10.2 dvd, but I wouldn't bet on it .. > > Even with 10.2, there's a dance to be performed to get around bugs in > bsdinstall and/or bsdconfig regarding finding the packages on the dvd; > the procedure required is given in the release notes. > > We're not where 1GB memsticks were big anymore, and there are now plenty > of notebooks and tablets without optical drives; I really don't know why > there isn't a (say) 4GB memstick image with what's on the dvd, and room > to even add more packages .. I had a go at that for 9.3 but ran into the > same issues getting pkg pointing to the local packages, before the 10.2 > method was documented. Even now, not everyone is always online :) > > cheers, Ian > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Aloha and Thanks Ian, My biggest problem is that I only have 2 working FreeBSD Desktops (FreeBSD 8) currently and the DVD CD had to be changed and I cant get either to work with burncd or DVD growisofs. I am going to change the CDR/DVD components to see if I can get one of them to burn a good disc with FreeBSD 11 or even 10.2 . I got Fiber optic service here on island last year and had to change some of my boxes to work with the new network. Maybe I have to wait untill the FreeBSD 11 RELEASE comes out. I get big media and in out errors when I try to create CD or DVD. Any ideas appreciated. ~ Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 ~ Supporting FreeBSD - UNIX Computer O/S email: noc@hdk5.net email: alplant.att.net ."All that's really worth doing is what we do for others" - Lewis Carrol
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