From nobody Sat Nov 01 17:58:10 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 4czQZD0pPYz6GLVW for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:58:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp) Received: from www121.sakura.ne.jp (www121.sakura.ne.jp [153.125.133.21]) (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 did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4czQZC2R0Wz44rl for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:58:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from kalamity.joker.local (124-18-6-240.area1c.commufa.jp [124.18.6.240]) (authenticated bits=0) by www121.sakura.ne.jp (8.18.1/8.17.1/[SAKURA-WEB]/20201212) with ESMTPA id 5A1HwA1b038216; Sun, 2 Nov 2025 02:58:10 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=dec.sakura.ne.jp; s=s2405; t=1762019890; bh=pSnFVaBbb6W9BmivCoYJYq3AYPxbOb8fV3Z8J7iPlM0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=NEjtcRi3BJl/6osZEpMG/w31IkMGBtYLydt9BPffcjwV/EB/cAQCGow9krie1+sgo SSkTHl8x9R9GO9Af78u/L/QZ4YMtRb19sZ5UuZGSkOoJanKQOy+fp+VuXnTKMJDOX8 klTidwcXk5poUwrkvRXRKnR5AStDOeTgl/p2+X4A= Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 02:58:10 +0900 From: Tomoaki AOKI To: Dennis Clarke Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is the DVD image so large? Message-Id: <20251102025810.0849c3d722c9864309a5d7d5@dec.sakura.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: References: <72691b30-633d-433e-a28d-dfbd2529722a@gmail.com> Organization: Junchoon corps X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; amd64-portbld-freebsd15.0) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7684, ipnet:153.125.128.0/18, country:JP] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4czQZC2R0Wz44rl On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 13:21:38 -0400 Dennis Clarke wrote: > 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 I've never tried, so I could be confusing / mis-understanding. Isn't Double Layer (DL) DVD handle 2x of normal (single layer) DVDs? If it's simply true, there can be an installation DVD media. BTW, it would be worth considering to split legacy and pkgbase version of installation media, that legacy one does just as usual and pkgbase one does pkgbasify as the start point. It would be less confusing for users, IMHO. -- Tomoaki AOKI