FreeBSD 10-RC1 ISO image too big

Erich Dollansky erich at alogt.com
Mon Dec 16 00:29:00 UTC 2013


Hi,

On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:25:39 +0100
"Julian H. Stacey" <jhs at berklix.com> wrote:

> > The whole point of the mail was just to point out this regression
> > before 10 it's released.
> 
> Yes. release/Makefile could also catch it automaticaly with filesize,
> so it could not bite again (happened a few times over the years I
> recall, not on releases but earlier).
> 
> 
> PS Shane wrote
> > Any reason you need cd media?
> 
> Apart from other replies (eg Lots of legacy PCs with just CD drives)
> I also wonder if CDs might be more reliable as lower density ?

I do not think so. I can imagine that the media is still produced on
the old equipment and not the modern machines producing the DVDs.

Erich


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