From nobody Sat Nov 01 17:21:38 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4czPlp02PVz6GGLB for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:21:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) Received: from mail.oetec.com (mail.oetec.com [108.160.241.186]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mail.oetec.com", Issuer "E8" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4czPln1kJ0z3txF for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:21:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=blastwave.org header.s=default header.b=ilh8wNMo; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=blastwave.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dclarke@blastwave.org designates 108.160.241.186 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dclarke@blastwave.org Received: from [172.16.35.3] (pool-99-253-118-250.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.253.118.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.oetec.com (8.17.1/8.17.1) with ESMTPSA id 5A1HLcto042950 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2025 13:21:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=blastwave.org; s=default; t=1762017699; bh=H2zMk9VAG6uPi1hJTxhkX0uvTdZwdrYj4GdjpupHonE=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=ilh8wNMoTbLL8jn+lOrOn8pmmLbYZLoRffU4cs7mHhB6yZGmanP/UwjZonLOXQT4F BRuKVg8Re7UjqkkRHxDQqP/PZU/qaTlxtM8cGKG6hgKTPUVIHgXDiRABXOtXjycNPZ Xh6LvaFx4M/Scl3Cg/eMsv6pNcdwvlPjJAHHzCi6LpOyig/ZkVF41oJM7E/FCEbYqr dle7weNXNiIa9qRuIJGS3aDl4I1G4aeYvJj3mlMGFJLK+TJgJ9inHTwXhbD41WBZeJ mkrxJ0NvTkWwmxbymkHWJrxv0yOzNwfyNmU+H5H5gT7At8p6BEcBq7mBXPi8hbv54F DgMpYRIh2T9nw== Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 13:21:38 -0400 List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Why is the DVD image so large? Content-Language: en-CA To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <72691b30-633d-433e-a28d-dfbd2529722a@gmail.com> From: Dennis Clarke Organization: GENUNIX In-Reply-To: <72691b30-633d-433e-a28d-dfbd2529722a@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-oetec-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-oetec-MailScanner-ID: 5A1HLcto042950 X-oetec-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-oetec-MailScanner-From: dclarke@blastwave.org X-Spam-Status: No X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.70 / 15.00]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.999]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[blastwave.org,quarantine]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[blastwave.org:s=default]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx:c]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[108.160.241.186:from]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[blastwave.org:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:812, ipnet:108.160.240.0/20, country:CA]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4czPln1kJ0z3txF On 11/1/25 11:46, Graham Perrin wrote: > 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 : > >> … 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. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham Perrin 2025-11-01 15:55:05 UTC describes DVD format. Bug 284666 (too large) was closed as a duplicate of bug 253483 (too large for single DVD) which was also closed (works as intended). -------------------------------------------------------------------- So? Works as intended. A DVD image that can never be on a DVD. OKay then. Today seemed like a good day to try an install onto a chunk of hardware and actually create an installation DVD. I went with the much smaller disk1.iso image and that works just fine. Maybe the oversized DVD file has no reason to exist. -- -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken