[vox-tech] Components of a FreeBSD Minimum Install [OT]

[David King]

A minimum install installs no packages, just the base system. The base 
system is what "FreeBSD" is, unlike Linux it is not just a kernel, but 
an actual set of userland, too.

On Jun 25, 2004, at 13.07, Daniel Hurt wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> There was no response on the VOX list, I thought I might take Bill's 
> suggestion and post to vox-tech.
>
> I have been poking around trying to figure out how to tell what a 
> minimum Free BSD install would install.  That might sound a bit weird, 
> but I would like to know what packages and versions are installed when 
> I select a minimum install of FreeBSD. I have been Googling around, 
> but nothing has helped yet.  I was wondering if someone here might 
> know a source of information that I could read up on.
>
> The closest thing I can come up with is:
>
> # pkg_info
>
> But, for a minimum install it tells me that I have no packages 
> installed.  It does not really display the relevant information, I am 
> not sure if I am using it right :-/  Some packages are installed 
> because  it has the csh shell and the ssh daemon install on it.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan Hurt
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