On 10/12/2011 06:47, Ken Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 14:39 +0100, Bruce Cran wrote: >> On 29/09/2011 02:42, Ken Smith wrote: >>> MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-BETA3-amd64-bootonly.iso) = 2ce7b93d28fd7ff37965893f1af3f7fc >>> MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-BETA3-amd64-dvd1.iso) = 4affc701f2052edc548274f090e49235 >>> MD5 (FreeBSD-9.0-BETA3-amd64-memstick.img) = e260f2f2122326cb9a93ac83eb006c1c >> >> The -dvd1.iso files seem to be less than a CD, at 610MB. Are they >> expected to contain more data over time, or could 'dvd' be removed? >> > > I was planning on them having package sets. The new installer doesn't > support installing packages like sysinstall had but if I provide Gnome, > KDE, and perhaps a small set of other stuff it would be useful to people > with crummy network connectivity. They could install the packages from > the DVD instead of needing to have everything downloaded. Is there still going to be a CD-sized installer? I find this really useful both at home, and also for virtualized installs. -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/Received on Thu Oct 13 2011 - 20:23:47 UTC
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