On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:23:03 -0400 Jonathan Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> bertybadboy wrote: > > Which .iso files do i download and burn onto a cd? > > I was all set with a big explanation of what the ISOs were, and > to complain that there wasn't a nice, easy to find, concise > description in the handbook, when I actually looked for it and > found it with no problem. > > The place to start, of course, when installing FreeBSD is Chapter > Two in the handbook, entitled, appropriately enough, "Installing > FreeBSD": > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html > > As part of section 2.2, "Pre-installation Tasks", there is section > 2.2.6 "Obtain the FreeBSD Installation Files". And it points you to > section 2.13 "Preparing Your Own Installation Media": > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html > > And that has an excellent and concise description of the ISO files. > > The gist of that is you should download the -miniinst version (not > the -mini version as described in the handbook) if you have a fast > internet connection and want to install the packages online, or > the -disc1 version if you want to have a CD with it prepackage. The > biggest advantage to using the miniinst version is that you are > sure to get the latest version of the package, while the -disc1 > version is what was available when the ISO was created. The original poster didn't say which version he wanted to install but I would presume its something very recent. I think that information is good for anything prior to 5.4 but it seems to be changing somewhat starting with the 5.4-RC1. From the announcement ( http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20050405144935.GA54439 ): "The layout of the installation CDs is slightly different than previous releases. The disc1 image should be used to start the install. It contains a "live filesystem" and the set of packages that normally get installed as part of a minimal install (perl, the baseline Xorg windowing system, and on i386 the base Linux emulation package). The disc2 image contains a larger variety of packages (kde3, gnome2, etc) that can be installed while doing the initial installation of the machine, but if you just want to do a minimal install disc1 should be all you need." I gather that the miniinst.iso won't be available as a separate iso since its essentially now -disc1. I like the idea of a base install and live filesystem on the same disc. However, it appears that someone wanting to do a fresh install with KDE/Gnome/etc will now need to download both -disc1 and -disc2. Its more to download but the selection of packages on the CDs is probably larger. If I am misreading the announcement I'm sure someone will correct me. Hope this helps more than confuses! Randy -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"