What CD to use for installatoin

[Tom Huppi]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Joaquin Menchaca wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There are 4 images, and I am not sure which one to use to start out
> with: bootonly, miniinst, or disc 1.
>
> I read some FreeBSD books, the big orange* one and the brown one**, and
> from both I cannot find this simple newbie answer. :-)

I don't know what set you have, and I have not read any books
lately, but I've always used what is probably 'disk 1'.  If it
boots and gives you 'sysinstall', it's probably the one (or a good
option.)

Generally I've obtained FreeBSD by downloading the .iso images and
burning them to disk.  I've rarely used any of the others disks
but #1, but I tend to do an install with only a tiny number of
select applications ('cvsup' for instance), then use the 'ports'
collection to build anything else I want after making my ports
tree be up to date.  It's certainly debatable whether my method
makes sense!

BTW, I no longer have access to a high speed connection so
recently I've put a new system together by installing an old 5.1,
then using 'cvsup' and 'buildworld'.  It's a bit of work and there
are some potentially confusing issues, but a good learning
experience and perfectly practical for those with only a modem
connection.

Thanks,

 -Tom