Re: ports on a CD

From: Matthew Seaman (m.seaman_at_infracaninophile.co.uk)
Date: 09/23/03

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    Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:20:38 +0100
    To: Tadimeti Keshav <keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk>
    
    
    

    On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:59:30AM +0100, Tadimeti Keshav wrote:
    > Guys,
    > Is it possible to get all of the ports on a CD set?
    > This is one area where Linux fares better. Debian
    > offers a 7 CD (OK they don'y make ISOs) set that
    > contains all packages.

    http://www.freebsdservices.com/ It's on DVD, because there are far too
    many packages to be able to fit on a reasonable number of CDs.
    Unfortunately, I don't think Paul has any plans to produce any further
    versions for new releases due to not achieving sufficient sales.

            Cheers,

            Matthew

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