From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 27 08:01:56 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA47C6C for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:01:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4E352C5A for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:01:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=xh0FZ7w+cX//YiGU9XvQim3rtQxY6c1WFPZNIDQpfPQ=; b=IAGbqMnY1uV3xIcK7s1IEUKUNh/IRrzgdTbmoAZKffaL/lXG+OvJWxjcOeIB5nh6MJ+L31FQQuGgmom3ndIczWElQfi5IQnFEU4jLkyLlpdQBkRTNsXetZFiAW/XzxrRRZzawLwEUvQ0TBIEyAMHqnz05xrbKEB7c+jcTqSJL6E=; Received: from [182.2.135.91] (port=23541 helo=X220.ovitrap.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1VaLIG-002gic-Ma; Sun, 27 Oct 2013 02:01:54 -0600 Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:01:43 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Ian Smith Subject: Re: memstick.img size adjustment Message-ID: <20131027160143.5ff81ada@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20131027144834.T80429@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <0BEF1ADC0CFB448F9CB7264B652C4643@sneezy> <20131027144834.T80429@sola.nimnet.asn.au> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.19; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: David Boyd , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:01:57 -0000 Hi, On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:24:55 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith wrote: > On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:37:04 -0400, David Boyd wrote: > > Would it be in anyone else's interest to have the size of the > > memstick images for 10.0-RELEASE+ adjusted upward a little (say > > 64MB) to allow for some free space on the filesystem? > > > > We have custom installation scripts that add "misc.txz" to the > > bsdinstall distribution list. These scripts want "misc.txz" to be > > able to grow to a few megabytes. > > > > The current image is too large for 512MB USB drives, so it would > > seem that as long as the image remains smaller than 1GB it will > > still fit on current devices. > > Can you still get 1GB sticks? I haven't seen anything less than 4GB this does not matter. There are still countries around where a 4 GB download is a problem. Having an image with the size of a CD or at least not crossing 1GB is helpful. Erich