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Date:      Sat, 1 Nov 2025 15:46:44 +0000
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why is the DVD image so large?
Message-ID:  <72691b30-633d-433e-a28d-dfbd2529722a@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <d7757e06-1199-42a3-9b41-cc7d210fce0b@blastwave.org>

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On 01/11/2025 14:06, Dennis Clarke wrote:

> … 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.  …


>From <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257347#c10>:

> … dvd1 image is also almost at its limit, which is 4.7GB for single 
> layer DVD (FreeBSD 14 dvd1 is 4541104128 bytes=4.54 GB).


5150257152 does seem to exceed this.

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/11/2025 14:06, Dennis Clarke
      wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote type="cite"
      cite="mid:d7757e06-1199-42a3-9b41-cc7d210fce0b@blastwave.org">…
      the dvd1 image seems a tad large for an actual DVD media. I think
      <br>
      this has been the case for a very long time now.  …</blockquote>
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      From
      <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257347#c10">&lt;https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257347#c10&gt;</a>: <br>;
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      <blockquote type="cite">… dvd1 image is also almost at its limit,
        which is 4.7GB for single layer DVD (FreeBSD 14 dvd1 is
        4541104128 bytes=4.54 GB).</blockquote>
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      5150257152 does seem to exceed this. </p>
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