From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 1 02:32:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82FC916A4CE for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 02:32:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tx2.oucs.ox.ac.uk (tx2.oucs.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3BAF43D54 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 02:32:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from scan2.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.2.162] helo=localhost) by tx2.oucs.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BV5cx-0005w6-Kr for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 10:32:11 +0100 Received: from rx2.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.2.161]) by localhost (scan2.oucs.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.162]) (amavisd-new, port 25) with ESMTP id 22495-02 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:32:11 +0100 (BST) Received: from gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.161.253]) by rx2.oucs.ox.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BV5cx-0005w0-7R for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 10:32:11 +0100 Received: (qmail 14439 invoked by uid 1004); 1 Jun 2004 09:32:11 -0000 Received: from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk by gateway by uid 71 with qmail-scanner-1.20 (clamscan: 0.67. sweep: 2.18/3.79. Clear:RC:1(163.1.161.131):. Processed in 0.419017 secs); 01 Jun 2004 09:32:11 -0000 Received: from dhcp1131.wadham.ox.ac.uk (HELO piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk) (163.1.161.131) by gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk with SMTP; 1 Jun 2004 09:32:10 -0000 Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.1.20040601102920.02e2faa8@popserver.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@popserver.sfu.ca (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 10:32:01 +0100 To: "Daniel O'Connor" From: Colin Percival In-Reply-To: <200406011749.45666.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <20040601073740.GB5854@nevermind.kiev.ua> <200406011749.45666.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.10-RELEASE miniinst does not fit on 3" CD-R X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 09:32:23 -0000 At 09:19 01/06/2004, Daniel O'Connor wrote: >miniinst isn't meant for small CD's, it's just meant to be smaller than the >full disk. > >Would be nice to shave that 8Mb off though :) No it wouldn't. If we make it fit now, then we'll be struggling to make it continue to fit for years into the future. (Just look at the floppy disk situation.) Much better just to accept that it doesn't fit onto a 3" CD-R and move on. :-) Colin Percival