FreeBSD Releases *.ISO Information
Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
m.e.sanliturk at gmail.com
Mon Apr 8 10:02:40 UTC 2013
Dears All ,
In no one of the following directories :
ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/8.3/
ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/8.4/
ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/
ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/9.1/
there is a "read me" file to describe *.iso files and how to use them .
For experienced users , such a file may be "nonsense" , but
each year , there are a lot of "NEW" candiate users grown sufficently in
age
which many of them may wish to try any of the *.iso files .
When there is no any information about them , what can they do ?
There is a file in their parent directory :
ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/README.TXT
This file may contain such a descriptive information .
Preparing a .html file with links to information about
how to burn / record these files may be much more useful :
It may contain links to :
http://www.freebsd.org/where.html
In the above page , there is ONLY a link to the following :
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html
( Chapter 3 Installing FreeBSD 8.X and Earlier )
Inclusion of link to the following page may be useful :
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall.html
( Chapter 2 Installing FreeBSD 9.X and Later )
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/installation.html :
The above page does not contain any information about *.iso files .
Some sample pages :
http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_install_SystemRescueCd_on_an_USB-stick
http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_Downloading_and_burning
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/try-ubuntu-before-you-install
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/burn-a-dvd-on-windows
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/install-ubuntu-with-windows
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/burn-a-dvd-on-ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu
Thank you very much .
Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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