Looking for the right "FreeBSD.iso"

[Steven Susbauer]

Jerry McAllister wrote:
>>      Maybe I am wrong, but I feel it shouldn't be necessary to waste 3 
>>CDs
>>    from installation if I have a high-speed permanent Internet 
>>connection.
>>So
>>wouldn't just 1 DVD-RW do?
>
>Basically, you are wrong, because you haven't looked far enough in to
>things to know that FreeBSD has done it that way from the beginning
>(or almost that far back).    I have never done a complete install from
>a CD or DVD, but just acquired the first disk, booted the install program 
>and then done the install over the net.   I've been doing that for more 
>than 10 years and am far from being an early adopter.   Others have
>done so much longer.
>
>But, some people are [still] not in the positition to be able to do 
>installs over the net.   Their service is inadequate or, in some
>cases they are not even connected, so the whole system is made available
>to them on disk as well.
>
>Actually, I believe, if you are doing just the FreeBSD install, and
>not at the same time installing some of the ports, it is still layed
>out to need only the first CD even if you are not installing over the net.  
>  But, I haven't checked recent versions.  The other CDs contain the 
>sources for various ports and some special case things.
>
>////jerry
>
This is still the behavior. You can install any of the base
distributions for that release with only disc 1, as well as some of the
ports. I have had issues booting the netinstall cds for some reason, and
installing the distribution from the cd goes faster anyway.

  -Steve