freebsd 5.3-release and some observations

[Omer Faruk Sen]

It can be really very nice if we had a chance to download 2 dvd images 
(maybe not on ftp mirros but from bittorrent or sth else) so we can have all 
the packages required. Currently I think this is possible just for i386 
arch. But creating such 2 dvd images creates  a problem. Which package will 
go to which DVD image? But I remember that there was a work done for FreeBSD 
4.4 release. On 4.4 as you remember we could able to download 4 FreeBSD CDs 
with all packages in it. 


PS: Just a quick check: 

istanbul:/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386$ du -s -h packages-5.3-release/
14G    packages-5.3-release/ 


14G requires more that 2 DVDs. But there are lots of language spesific 
packages whch can be removed right? 

 

jason andrade writes: 

> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Oliver Fromme wrote: 
> 
>> 
>> jason andrade wrote:
>> > i've also been asked if (as other distros are doing) FreeBSD
>> > will master a DVD iso image for downloads. 
>> 
>> You don't need a separate DVD ISO image.  You can just take
>> the standard CD ISO image and write it to a DVD-R.  Should
>> work just fine.  There's no difference between CD ISOs and
>> DVD ISOs, except that the latter can be larger.
> 
> right.  other distributions use the extra space to create a DVD that has a 
> larger package set as well as install tree.
> i believe the current CD ISO has a subset of the entire
> package tree for that release. 
> 
> personally i'm pretty happy with the CD sized arrangement
> but since i get asked i figured i'd pass it on. 
> 
> regards, 
> 
> -jason
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