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@@ -243,6 +243,27 @@
     &chap.mirrors.ftp.inc;
   </sect1>
 
+  <sect1 id="mirrors-bittorrent">
+    <title>BitTorrent</title>
+
+    <indexterm>
+      <primary>BitTorrent</primary>
+    </indexterm>
+
+    <para>The ISO images for the basic release CDs are available via
+      BitTorrent.  A collection of torrent files to download the
+      images is available at <ulink
+      url="http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/">http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080</ulink></para>
+
+    <para>The BitTorrent client software is available from the
+      <filename role="package">net-p2p/py-bittorrent</filename> port,
+      or a precompiled package.</para>
+
+    <para>After downloading the ISO image with BitTorrent, you may
+      burn it to CD or DVD media as described in <xref
+      linkend="burncd">, burncd.</para>
+  </sect1>
+
     <sect1 id="anoncvs">
       <title>Anonymous CVS</title>