Re: FreeBSD 15.0-BETA2 Now Available
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:14:55 UTC
HI Installation with 15.0- BETA3 solves issue with missing REPO dir and REPO definintion. Its now possible to install Xorg, Gnome packages from the DVD. BUT: KDE packages are missing from Bete 3 DVD and Beta3 DVD is only 4 GB large, with 700 MB potentially free/ not used. regards Den 2025-10-19 kl. 19:02, skrev Colin Percival: > 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) > -- ------------------------- Lars Tunkrans Oracle SPARC/Solaris System Administrator Fujitsu M12 SPARC Specilaist