Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 23:48:30 -0500 From: "Kevin P. Neal" <kpn@neutralgood.org> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" <freebsd@gushi.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 12.4 disc 1 iso is really large Message-ID: <Y5QPnrqluEtgLrNn@neutralgood.org> In-Reply-To: <20221209050452.40918a6bcccb953c197ecec6@sohara.org> References: <4AC6140B-2927-46C4-8405-18FA872DEAB5@gushi.org> <20221209050452.40918a6bcccb953c197ecec6@sohara.org>
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On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 05:04:52AM +0000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Thu, 8 Dec 2022 22:58:01 -0600 > "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" <freebsd@gushi.org> wrote: > > > All, > > > > I’m just noticing that the standard FreeBSD iso is some 959 megs: > > > > http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/12.4/FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso > > > > Is there something in the release notes that basically implies we no > > longer expect people to burn things to actual discs? > > You need a DVD - it's been some time since it fitted on a CD <sigh> > I still remember doing installs from floppies. So... what's the point of the "disc1" image that today requires a DVD if there's also a "dvd" image made to be burned to a DVD? -- Kevin P. Neal from "Crito" by Plato, 360 BCE: "But why, my dear Crito, should we care about the opinion of the many? Good men, and they are the persons who are worth considering, will think of these things truly as they happened." - Socrates
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