Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 20:44:26 +0100 From: Lars Tunkrans <drsnx60@gmail.com> To: Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>, FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why is the DVD image so large? Message-ID: <0b0432cb-1f7c-4c62-bf25-65e243163f25@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d7757e06-1199-42a3-9b41-cc7d210fce0b@blastwave.org>
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Den 2025-11-01 kl. 15:06, skrev Dennis Clarke: > > > * * * 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? > HI Dennis Beta3 did not have the KDE Packages and was 4 GB . BETA4 has the KDE packages and is 4.8 GB Just 100 MB to large for a standard DVD of 4.7 GB I looked at the cost of DVD-R media and DVD-DL ( Double Layer ) media at Amazon . And prices is very similar for 50 DVD & DVD-DL spindle packs. There is no economic reason for not buying 8.5 GB DVD-DL media . SO its possible to put even more packages on a DVD-DL_ISO ( Up to 8,5 GB ) which would make offline installation a lot easier. All thats needed is to Document that DVD-DL media is required for the DVD-DL_ISO Regards -- ------------------------- Lars Tunkrans Oracle SPARC/Solaris System Administrator Fujitsu M12 SPARC Specilaisthelp
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