[Bug 266743] Potentially misleading information about -dvd1.iso in release documentation and the FreeBSD Handbook

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=266743

            Bug ID: 266743
           Summary: Potentially misleading information about -dvd1.iso in
                    release documentation and the FreeBSD Handbook
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Books & Articles
          Assignee: doc@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: grahamperrin@freebsd.org
                CC: re@FreeBSD.org
        Depends on: 238314

<https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.1R/announce/#_availability>, for example: 

> This contains everything necessary to install … and a small set of 
> pre-built packages aimed at getting a graphical workstation up and running. 
> … This should be all you need …

As far as I can tell: the set is unusable whilst booted from the installation
medium. Please see, for example, bug 238314 comment 2. 

If the intention is for the set to be used after booting the installed system:
documentation is lacking. I found a partial answer at
<https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/434857/13260>. 


Also,
<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-installation-media>: 

> … contains a set of popular binary packages for installing a window manager 
> and some applications so that a complete system can be installed from media 
> without requiring a connection to the Internet. 

I guess, pkg(7) can be used after booting the installed system, to bootstrap
from the repository on the DVD but again, documentation is lacking. 

<https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=7&manpath=FreeBSD>


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238314
[Bug 238314] pkg not installed by dvd installer
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