Nicky Chorley wrote: > 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. >
That's correct, these have been removed. > 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 is out of date. > You've done nothing wrong, the documentation is in need of an update. Please file a doc-bug PR. Removing X from the distributions is a right step IMO, these are just 3rd party packages and it seems confusing if they get installed along with the base system. If you wish to install X during initial installation you can still do it when you get to the packages stage. I believe you will need the DVD for that. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
