From nobody Sat Nov 1 14:06:48 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@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 4czKR20MXsz6FxkD for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2025 14:06:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) Received: from mail.oetec.com (mail.oetec.com [108.160.241.186]) (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 ECDSA (prime256v1) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mail.oetec.com", Issuer "E8" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4czKR02Y1Sz3DRL for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2025 14:06:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=blastwave.org header.s=default header.b=ibnvGd12; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=blastwave.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dclarke@blastwave.org designates 108.160.241.186 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dclarke@blastwave.org Received: from [172.16.35.3] (pool-99-253-118-250.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.253.118.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.oetec.com (8.17.1/8.17.1) with ESMTPSA id 5A1E6mP3039560 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2025 10:06:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=blastwave.org; s=default; t=1762006008; bh=gPm0VtjHBfoJHUPk01gZNbaKDTFYQ8II0EYkjgPM6mQ=; h=Date:From:Subject:To; b=ibnvGd12qZhz86yKv1IhXObWKgdc0I7GWeJnapEkUeznrm2Fh0WQXfkY26inFNzYQ nxPcfNlSnNf1D96oLhxf73UBRzYEBrrtrNFGVBLIGvPDasvM9X3736nTn+bBrrzo3x 1HN4frzAx+WBThQDTKcJqJFcuT6UUsGsuCKKt41g09ft8tzUPX5QwyuOe6KCEcd3V2 +39Zptm/osEFfFWJO9LPPZgBmS55yUyPU4zgQb2M2qs1xXK99oGbEgiX7orBMr0tv3 E3/DNpDvYdu2ffOmR1/y0lKOvzRlQJHyF61zjUmvQNbDr0uBuVg3NDNJa3Fy/ApWli el3dEAFR9Hivg== Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 10:06:48 -0400 List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA From: Dennis Clarke Subject: Why is the DVD image so large? Organization: GENUNIX To: FreeBSD CURRENT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-oetec-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-oetec-MailScanner-ID: 5A1E6mP3039560 X-oetec-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-oetec-MailScanner-From: dclarke@blastwave.org X-Spam-Status: No X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.70 / 15.00]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.999]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[blastwave.org,quarantine]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[blastwave.org:s=default]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[108.160.241.186:from]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[blastwave.org:+]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:812, ipnet:108.160.240.0/20, country:CA]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4czKR02Y1Sz3DRL * * * I am happy to ask the dumb questions * * * This morning I see that we have FreeBSD 15.0 BETA4 iso stuff : https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/?C=M&O=D For doing a test install onto some real hardware I felt it would be nice to try out the iso images for ye old fashioned DVD. Worth a try? However I see : FreeBSD-15.0-BETA4-amd64-dvd1.iso 5150257152 2025-Oct-31 12:38 FreeBSD-15.0-BETA4-amd64-dvd1.iso.xz 4276839812 2025-Oct-31 12:38 Now the dvd1 image seems a tad large for an actual DVD media. I think this has been the case for a very long time now. Why is the DVD image so large? Can something/anything be trimmed out? -- -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken