8.0 installation doesn't contain X distributions
Nicky Chorley
nick.chorley at gmail.com
Sat Dec 5 14:24:27 UTC 2009
Hi,
I downloaded the DVD ISO for FreeBSD 8.0 (i386) and verified the MD5
checksum before burning. With regards to choosing distributions for
installation, the handbook says
"If a graphical user interface is desired then a distribution set that
is preceded by an X should be chosen"
and the help for the "Choose Distributions" section of sysinstall says
"An "X-" prefixed before a distribution set means that the Xorg base
distribution, libraries, manual pages, servers and a set of default
fonts will be selected in addition to the set itself..".
However, I do not see any distributions listed that are prefixed with
"X-". The choices are "All", "Reset", "Developer", "Kern-Developer",
"User", "Minimal" and "Custom". Even the "Custom" option has nothing
related to Xorg.
Is it supposed to be like this (i.e. no distributions containing X are
presented on installation), or do I need to download other media from
which to install? Note that I'm not asking how to install X and I
realise that I can do it post-installation, but I'm just wondering
whether I've made a mistake with my download or if the documentation
is out of date.
Regards,
Nicky Chorley
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