Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:15:10 -0700 From: "Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)" <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> Cc: =?utf-8?Q?Pawe=C5=82_Tyll?= <ofca@ofca.me>, Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>, Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, "Conrad E. Meyer" <cem@freebsd.org>, Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD-11.0-BETA1-amd64-disc1.iso is too big for my 700MB CD-r Message-ID: <892ABC57-2BC0-4A56-97AF-5AE28CDBE0DB@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5784EEA7.2030102@quip.cz> References: <op.ykgfddt2kndu52@eveline> <CAG6CVpW3rGEoqTcQodY%2BWVPVsTdxUd6OsB%2BzAq1k7Y-vUrdaSg@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtMX2gAwr_OPgy=FNYjc_wDKafV0DmXPMBxnGOdacctmdtgmw@mail.gmail.com> <20160711214144.GA7465@FreeBSD.org> <1811960453.20160712012238@ofca.me> <5784EEA7.2030102@quip.cz>
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--Apple-Mail=_888AFABB-0DAB-49FC-9AF6-D252B5101057 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Jul 12, 2016, at 06:20, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> wrote: >=20 > Pawe=C5=82 Tyll wrote on 07/12/2016 01:22: >=20 >> Those 3 things should shave off about 130MB of the 173MB needed to = fit >> on 80-min CD-R. But... why this abstract number anyway? Why not = 650MB >> CD-R? Why not overburnable 800MB 90-min CD-R or even 870MB = 99-min >> CD-R? :) >=20 > It is not only about the target media size. The size matters when you = need to boot some recovery media from you desktop on remote server via = KVM. >=20 > And there is one thing I don't understand - why is the bootonly so = large? I remember days when this fits to 50MB and now it is almost 235MB = which renders it almost useless. For recoveries and remote installs I = always use mfsbsd images (about 45MB). I wholeheartedly agree. It sucks having to transfer more than 50 MB over our work link across a = few thousand miles with IPMI remote KVM redirection. Thanks, -Ngie --Apple-Mail=_888AFABB-0DAB-49FC-9AF6-D252B5101057 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXhQl+AAoJEPWDqSZpMIYVi+MP/R4blPfxTv7tG9xLSz7ZEFxi 6UmoZzEvUW9E9DpjBLkrPhmNj+4gRlV3PTxtDz/y3QYUqBf6dHz2/tmt3NrUDSjV AO8ceIZlPrjF4Hgn9wYVuT1seDU9HkcknHIPuLrcREM6Tk33M4kDgkc2xqGViHKm u++zJVP1zOqxv3qerIbFLGFmWWePM38FuyJaQixkYKYb+IKRsFLHSg/6cu3GXq9y kFfFs5eOOEO/K6c6Yo5RF5uvd9t1OtkthN45ej6F4ROkC58iXzthetfHe3sYiZOP 7IA5izYQs6Im/xELcmUtxF8xKTh8PiM5YATqwVAy9FO7MP1Sou8atOor7xcZH6NT 2Ebt4ChqXq2CuPoH56yx4735E5foEJBnJV+lroe3nQO/f0JXzaV6LXAg9Gg8A5L6 FN1dXdYzRPfMUqA1kM0HlnBRsVafU7WKeDedpBpxARg2bZUJfKwCRRAeJPZvjRBx 3hOIjq7Jt7a6jekIJElxg7L6WPyGMP0kW68bCW1WYqGhnRIBh/y3m02XKyKYP8Js W1RSx9yNL8Qi9AMYWVgsiIWxPvxASQLJV8JpfwphDwBX5DEcUa3FD1ZMVl3BA1Pi pQhoPo3nCPw5SbtVKh72By70W5csfN+2mLmJ+jve+2BKCWzjFfKK3ABONl2DQhLW kc/F+5AonLf0x7D8nPa1 =f6ws -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_888AFABB-0DAB-49FC-9AF6-D252B5101057--
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