PR: docs/149154

- Update the list of available install ISO images.
- Remove 6.X information as the handbook says "I cover 7.3 and 8.1".
- Sync the description with the information we provide in the release announcements.

Original patch provided by:     Glen Barber (glen dott j dott barber ett gmail dott com)
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Johann Kois 2010-08-16 21:32:22 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
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<para>That directory will normally contain the following images:</para>
<table frame="none">
<title>FreeBSD 6.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable>
<title>FreeBSD 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>
ISO Image Names and Meanings</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
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<row>
<entry>Filename</entry>
<entry>Contains</entry>
<entry>Contents</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><filename><replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-bootonly.iso</filename></entry>
<entry><filename>&os;-<replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-bootonly.iso</filename></entry>
<entry>Everything you need to boot into a FreeBSD
kernel and start the installation interface.
The installable files have to be pulled over FTP
or some other supported source.</entry>
<entry>This CD image allows you to start the installation
process by booting from a CD-ROM drive but it does not
contain the support for installing &os; from the CD
itself. You would need to perform a network based install
(e.g. from an FTP server) after booting from this CD.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename><replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-disc1.iso</filename></entry>
<entry><filename>&os;-<replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-dvd1.iso.gz</filename></entry>
<entry>Everything you need to install &os; and a
<quote>live filesystem</quote>, which is used in
conjunction with the <quote>Repair</quote> facility
in <application>sysinstall</application>.</entry>
<entry>This DVD image contains everything necessary to
install the base FreeBSD operating system, a
collection of pre-built packages, and the
documentation. It also supports booting into a
<quote>livefs</quote> based rescue mode.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename>&os;-<replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-memstick.img</filename></entry>
<entry>This image can be written to an USB memory stick
and used to do an install on machines capable of booting
off USB drives. It also supports booting into a
<quote>livefs</quote> based rescue mode. The
documentation packages are provided but no other
packages. This image is not available for &os;7.3 and
earlier.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename><replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-disc2.iso</filename></entry>
<entry><filename>&os;-<replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-disc1.iso</filename></entry>
<entry>As many
third-party packages as would fit on the disc.</entry>
<entry>This CD image contains the base &os; operating
system and the documentation packages but no other
packages.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename>&os;-<replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-disc2.iso</filename></entry>
<entry>A CD image with as many third-party packages
as would fit on the disc. This image is not
available for &os;&nbsp;8.0 and later.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename>&os;-<replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-disc3.iso</filename></entry>
<entry>Another CD image with as many third-party
packages as would fit on the disc. This image is
not available for &os;&nbsp;8.0 and later.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename><replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-docs.iso</filename></entry>
<entry>&os; documentation.</entry>
<entry>The &os; documentation.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename>&os;-<replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-livefs.iso</filename></entry>
<entry>This CD image contains support for booting into
a <quote>livefs</quote> based rescue mode but does not
support doing an install from the CD itself.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<note>
<para>&os;&nbsp;7.X releases before &os;&nbsp;7.3 and
&os;&nbsp;8.X releases before &os;&nbsp;8.1 used a
different naming convention. The names of their ISO
images are not prefixed with
<literal>&os;-</literal>.</para>
</note>
<para>You <emphasis>must</emphasis> download one of either the bootonly
ISO image (if available), or the image of disc one. Do not download
both of them, since the disc one image contains everything that the