bootonly iso for what

[Lorin Lund]

Romain Jalbert wrote:
> Hello
>
>  
>
> I am new on FreeBSD, I just want to know what is the purpose of the bootonly
> iso file.. (we may download iso cd1 and cd2 for the setup of 6.1, but what
> is the use for  6.1-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
> <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/6.1/6.1-RELEASE-
> i386-bootonly.iso>  cd ?)
>
>  
>
> please and thank you
>
>  
>
> Romain
>   
It's probably good for repair issues.  But I think you can install from 
it if you have a good Internet connection.  Years ago I did many FreeBSD 
installs with just the 2 floppies - then I would configure my modem and 
do the rest of the install on-line.