Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:05:32 -0700 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD-11.0-BETA1-amd64-disc1.iso is too big for my 700MB CD-r Message-ID: <2d3ef451db7ad0b9149c9eceb04227c8@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <5784908E.1090007@ShaneWare.Biz> References: <op.ykgfddt2kndu52@eveline> <CAG6CVpW3rGEoqTcQodY%2BWVPVsTdxUd6OsB%2BzAq1k7Y-vUrdaSg@mail.gmail.com>, <5784908E.1090007@ShaneWare.Biz>
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:09:10 +0930 Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> wrote > On 12/07/2016 06:54, Conrad Meyer wrote: > > DVD-R dates to 1997; cheap USB flash devices are now pervasive. Maybe > > it's time to move on from CD. > > +1 on dropping CD images. I haven't burnt a CD in over 10 years and I > don't believe I have seen a CD only drive in that time. Even with a CD > size image I have burnt them to DVD, I first started this because > transfer speeds of DVD's are faster and nowadays it costs almost the > same to burn a DVD. So I see zero benefit to using CD's and that's > before thinking of reusable USB devices. > > I do think there is a benefit to keeping the small boot only image > available that can be used to start/recover a machine that can then > download any data to be installed. > > -- > FreeBSD - the place to B...Storing Data > > Shane Ambler > -1 There is no *good* reason that FreeBSD can't maintain the CD image. I think the *real* question here is; *why* is it now so hard to fit it on a CD? --Chris
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