FreeBSD-11.0-BETA1-amd64-disc1.iso is too big for my 700MB CD-r
Paweł Tyll
ofca at ofca.me
Mon Jul 11 23:28:44 UTC 2016
Hello Glen,
> 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. :(
While the fact that .xz version is roughly 500MB is quite solid
evidence that one can fit under 700MB with effort, I'm not sure if
this is worthwhile. As mentioned earlier, it's 2016, and pretty much
everything can be booted from USB stick for a decade or so, and VMs
usually emulate DVD drives anyway, which don't care whether the image
is 600MB, 777MB or 3GB.
/usr/bin/clang can be compressed down from 49MB to 14MB by some binary
packer, if feasible. There are some other binaries, not as large
tough.
/boot/kernel/* - 103MB -> 38MB - but is there any infrastructure to
load compressed kernel modules, and kernel images?
ports.txz can be easily fetched from the net and are useless without
network connection anyway (right?) - saving of another 34MB.
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? :)
And what of FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE?
Kind regards.
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