From nobody Sat Dec 10 04:48:30 2022 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4NTb4k4Gcyz4kYmm for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:48:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kpn@neutralgood.org) Received: from gunsight1.neutralgood.org (gunsight1.neutralgood.org [IPv6:2607:f758:2280:1:d6be:d9ff:feac:a1e9]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "gunsight1.neutralgood.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NTb4k03txz3G6X for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:48:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kpn@neutralgood.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from gunsight1.NeutralGood.ORG (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gunsight1.neutralgood.org (8.16.1/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 2BA4mUas023359 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 9 Dec 2022 23:48:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from kpn@gunsight1.NeutralGood.ORG) Received: (from kpn@localhost) by gunsight1.NeutralGood.ORG (8.16.1/8.15.2/Submit) id 2BA4mUGD023356; Fri, 9 Dec 2022 23:48:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from kpn) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 23:48:30 -0500 From: "Kevin P. Neal" To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" Cc: "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 12.4 disc 1 iso is really large Message-ID: References: <4AC6140B-2927-46C4-8405-18FA872DEAB5@gushi.org> <20221209050452.40918a6bcccb953c197ecec6@sohara.org> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20221209050452.40918a6bcccb953c197ecec6@sohara.org> X-No-archive: Yes X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4NTb4k03txz3G6X X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13649, ipnet:2607:f758::/32, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 05:04:52AM +0000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Thu, 8 Dec 2022 22:58:01 -0600 > "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" wrote: > > > All, > > > > I’m just noticing that the standard FreeBSD iso is some 959 megs: > > > > http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/12.4/FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso > > > > Is there something in the release notes that basically implies we no > > longer expect people to burn things to actual discs? > > You need a DVD - it's been some time since it fitted on a CD > I still remember doing installs from floppies. So... what's the point of the "disc1" image that today requires a DVD if there's also a "dvd" image made to be burned to a DVD? -- Kevin P. Neal from "Crito" by Plato, 360 BCE: "But why, my dear Crito, should we care about the opinion of the many? Good men, and they are the persons who are worth considering, will think of these things truly as they happened." - Socrates