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Originally Posted by orbital_fox
Shouldnt the whole size be decreased as much as possible? Why "burn" (permanently) an image of software that will be out of date with in months, if not less?
Save CD/DVDs, bandwidth and time by leaving users to choose the packages they want when the get their basic OS setup, and leave in only packages which are good for nice and smooth installation and GUI for those who need it.
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That's why disc1 exists. It contains all the usual FreeBSD distributions (base system, GENERIC kernel, man/info pages, profiling libraries, etc.) The only packages available are the documentation (handbook, FAQ, etc.)
This has been the case since 8.0 (or 7.2, don't remember).