Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:01:43 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: David Boyd <David.Boyd49@twc.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: memstick.img size adjustment Message-ID: <20131027160143.5ff81ada@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20131027144834.T80429@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <0BEF1ADC0CFB448F9CB7264B652C4643@sneezy> <20131027144834.T80429@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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Hi, On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:24:55 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:37:04 -0400, David Boyd wrote: > > Would it be in anyone else's interest to have the size of the > > memstick images for 10.0-RELEASE+ adjusted upward a little (say > > 64MB) to allow for some free space on the filesystem? > > > > We have custom installation scripts that add "misc.txz" to the > > bsdinstall distribution list. These scripts want "misc.txz" to be > > able to grow to a few megabytes. > > > > The current image is too large for 512MB USB drives, so it would > > seem that as long as the image remains smaller than 1GB it will > > still fit on current devices. > > Can you still get 1GB sticks? I haven't seen anything less than 4GB this does not matter. There are still countries around where a 4 GB download is a problem. Having an image with the size of a CD or at least not crossing 1GB is helpful. Erich
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