Need a README to explain items in download directory
Craig Rodrigues
rodrigc at crodrigues.org
Sat Sep 3 21:11:28 UTC 2011
Hi,
As a new user, wanting to download FreeBSD, and maybe not wanting
to read everything on the web site, I would go through these steps:
(1) Go to http://www.freebsd.org/
(2) See "Get FreeBSD now", click on it.
(3) Skim through a lot of text on that page, which is very wordy (we
can probably streamline this page)
(4) Notice that there is a section: "Download FreeBSD"
(5) Click on the "ISO" link
Once I click on that link, I see a directory with files.
For example, at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.2/
I see:
CHECKSUM.MD5
CHECKSUM.SHA256
FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso
FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso.xz
FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso
FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img
It is not clear to me which of these files I need. Do I need all of them,
or just some of them? What do these files do?
Can we have a README.txt file in this directory with a concise
description of these
files? For starters, having one line description per file would be useful:
============================================================
FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso - Initial boot, fits
on CD, requires disc 1
FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso - Installer, fits
on CD, requires bootonly
FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso.xz - Complete installer,
fits on DVD
FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso - Live file system,
boot and run off of CD/DVD, used for recovery
FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img - Installer for USB memory stick
============================================================
I don't even know if what I listed above is correct....I am just guessing.
--
Craig Rodrigues
rodrigc at crodrigues.org
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