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Date:      Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:43:00 +0300
From:      Gilad Rom <gilad_bsd@romat.com>
To:        Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.10-RELEASE miniinst does not fit on 3" CD-R
Message-ID:  <1086082979.3116.0.camel@gilad.lan>
In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.1.20040601102920.02e2faa8@popserver.sfu.ca>
References:  <20040601073740.GB5854@nevermind.kiev.ua> <200406011749.45666.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <6.1.0.6.1.20040601102920.02e2faa8@popserver.sfu.ca>

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On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 12:32, Colin Percival wrote:
> 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
> 

Funny. And I didn't even know they're still making 3" CD's ;)

Gilad Rom




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