FreeBSD-11.0-BETA1-amd64-disc1.iso is too big for my 700MB CD-r

Chris H bsd-lists at bsdforge.com
Mon Jul 11 22:33:47 UTC 2016


On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 00:46:04 +0300 Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw at zxy.spb.ru> wrote

> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 09:41:44PM +0000, Glen Barber wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 03:32:34PM -0600, Alan Somers wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Ronald Klop <ronald-lists at klop.ws>
> > > wrote: >> Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >> Just downloaded the amd64 BETA1 ISO (873MB) and tried to burn a CD on
> > > >> Windows 10. It complained that the ISO is too big for my 700 MB CD-r.
> > > >>
> > > >> The bootonly iso (281MB) burns and runs ok.
> > > >>
> > > >> Regards,
> > > >> Ronald.
> > > 
> > > Please open a PR.  Those images should be able to fit on a CD.
> > 
> > This was actually a known "going to be problem" thing for 11.0.  I'm
> > looking into how to fix this for 11.0-RELEASE, but right now, there is
> > not much more we can exclude from it. :(
Can't it use the compressed iso format, or is it already using that
format. Sorry haven't checked.
> 
> Reduce GENERIC to MINIMAL?

--Chris




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