install kde from CD?

[Efren Bravo]

Hi,

> You need an iso of the OS that you can burn onto a CD or DVD. Then, you
> can use it to install everything.
> The ISOs are in ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386. The
> 5.4 disc-1 iso is 537 MB and downloading that in cu-land can take 
> awhile.

I've downloaded the two ISO CDs and I admit you, it was quite tortuous...

>A CD via DHL may be a lot faster :). The port tarbal will also 
> be on the iso.

Yes your are right but DHL's policy doesn't able to us to use other OS
unless HP-UX OS, but this OS only works in HP Servers...  
  
Well, my interest is learn unix. The first time I tried to install KDE
from CD I got only errors...

I'll try again from CDs...

Thanks a lot...


Efren Bravo
Sistemas DHL, Cuba


-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Stewart <kstewart at owt.com>
To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Cc: Efren Bravo <efrenba at dhl.co.cu>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:11:52 -0700
Subject: Re: install kde from CD?

> On Thursday 21 July 2005 02:28 pm, Efren Bravo wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Currently I have installed the kde from the ftp site.
> >
> > But I want to install it from a cd. I have been seeing into
> > ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ and there are only
> > one file. If I download this file and burn it into a cd, can I
> > install the kde.
> 
> That is just a tarbal of the port tree. You need it to update the ports
> or check for the current version but it isn't the packages or source. 
> You need them to do a real install.
> 
> >
> > Remember these are my first  steps in freeBSD.
> 

> 
> There is also an español list at
> https://listas.es.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo
> 
> Kent
> 
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
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