Re: Pre-install Setup Questions

 The file I downloaded to my personal laptop, and attempted to install (after copying it to a USB memory stick
and verifying the CRC SHA256) is listed as FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img 1560400384.

My expectation after reading the Handbook in advance of the installation attempt was that this img file
would have all the files on it necessary to install FreeBSD and the Ports collection so I could have a
successful, secure installation.

The installation menu popup indicated that a number of optional security and debugging packages were only
available via the Internet and provided a series of screens requesting network i.p. numbers. I abandoned the
installation at that point and reread all the documents again. I learned that the memstick image file was only
behaving as planned, and moved on to the dvd1.iso.

Since debugging and security are inherent to a good installation, not being able to install them directly did
not seem safe to me. Perhaps it's just excessive paranoia on my part when it comes to the Internet, AI and the
ability of criminal types of all kinds to worm their way into your computer if given the opportunity.


     On Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 09:16:10 AM PDT, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[email protected]> wrote:  
 
 John Gaskill <[email protected]> writes:
> David Christensen <[email protected]> writes:
> > The simple answer is to download and burn the FreeBSD installer
> > memstick image file.
> I tried that first, and it requires an Internet connection in order to
> conclude.

No, the memstick image has a complete set of pkgbase packages.  Only the
mini-memstick requires a network connection to install.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [email protected]