Re: FreeBSD 15.0-BETA2 Now Available

Reply: Lars Tunkrans : "Re: FreeBSD 15.0-BETA2 Now Available"
In reply to: Lars Tunkrans : "Re: FreeBSD 15.0-BETA2 Now Available"
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From: Colin Percival <cperciva_at_tarsnap.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 17:02:13 UTC

On 10/18/25 22:42, Lars Tunkrans wrote:
>        I  downloaded  the   15.0-Beta2-amd64-DVD1.iso
>        I attempted  to install the supplied X11/KDE/GNOME   packages supplied  
> on  the  DVD in the  DVD: ./packages   directory.
>         But   the  DVD:./packages/repos    directory  and  the  DVD:./ 
> packages/repos/FreeBSD_install_cdrom.conf    file  is missing .
> 
>         PLS  advise  is  this   is  intentional  and  there is  a new method  
> to  install  packages  off   the  DVD  .

Not intentional.  We shipped the packages but forgot the config file.  It
should be fixed in BETA3.  (Patch is here: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53199)

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Colin Percival
FreeBSD Release Engineering Lead & EC2 platform maintainer
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