Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years / sorry I started flame war

> I'm sorry I started a kind of flame war.  All I wanted was two things:  1.
> CD's that installed without being switched in and out dozens of times.  That
> was fixed by the suggestion of using a DVD.  I didn't even know the DVD
> install existed, but will do that next time.
>

I also had the same problem {cd switching} to get around it, i created
an installation DVD with all the contents of cd1-2-3. You can find
such guide

> I can speed the process by copying all of the packages
> from CD to my system (/usr/ports/packages/All). That way, only ports
> that have been updated since the release will be downloaded and I only
> have to change CDs a couple of times.
>
i hadn't thought of this, seems like a nice trick...


Isn't it possible that the advice given in these threads find its way
into the handbook?
{i use freebsd for less than a month, so if this is a stupid
suggestion, please ignore it :) }

-nicolas