Re: FreeBSD 15.0-BETA2 Now Available

From: Lars Tunkrans <drsnx60_at_gmail.com>
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)
>
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Lars Tunkrans
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