Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 10:32:23 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Knight Tiger <caugar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISO image size -regarding Message-ID: <20100109093223.GA56165@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <69fec4521001081641q4aec5788n25f0bf2ecbe49d16@mail.gmail.com> References: <69fec4521001081641q4aec5788n25f0bf2ecbe49d16@mail.gmail.com>
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--gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 04:41:24PM -0800, Knight Tiger wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I am trying to create a custom ISO image of FreeBSD 6.4. The only > difference between the release ISO and this custom image is a modified > driver (amdsmb.ko). I did not create the new driver. I believe it was > backported from a later release. >=20 > I understand that this is not a backport of the driver but a hack but > the ISO size surprises me. >=20 > The steps I had followed (listed below) resulted in an ISO image of > around 1 GB while the original ISO image is around 600 MB. The new > image work boots fine but I am not sure why it is huge The port sysutils/isomaster can edit ISO images, and add and delete files. Give it a try. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAktITScACgkQEnfvsMMhpyW4gwCdF2Y/+U8TWnawLgpIVEUwczMu 54MAnAmDParCNPpqTuU9hi6di9mkoPlq =aPcJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gKMricLos+KVdGMg--
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