Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:29:36 -0500 From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> Cc: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10-RC1 ISO image too big Message-ID: <20131216062936.GM1446@glenbarber.us> In-Reply-To: <52AE9CF5.7070408@bluerosetech.com> References: <20131214095001.GV13385@equilibrium.bsdes.net> <52AD0F73.5050905@ShaneWare.Biz> <20131215105736.51c51073@X220.alogt.com> <52AE9A75.9090209@bluerosetech.com> <20131216062107.GL1446@glenbarber.us> <52AE9CF5.7070408@bluerosetech.com>
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--nrXiCraHbXeog9mY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 10:25:57PM -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > On 12/15/2013 10:21 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > >On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 10:15:17PM -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > >>On 12/14/2013 6:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >>>>Any reason you need cd media? > >>> > >>>it is not the CD media, it is simply the bandwidth needed. There are > >>>many FreeBSD people around this globe which do not have the luck of a > >>>100MBit/s connection. Every byte which is not on a media counts here. > >> > >>Your argument doesn't make sense. If they need to minimize downloading, > >>they should down the bootonly image and fetch/create packages for the p= orts > >>they need. Anything else is going to spend bytes downloading things th= ey > >>won't use. > > > >No, bootonly.iso does not contain the base system, so download time will > >be spent on downloading base.txz, kernel.txz, at minimum. >=20 > But that will still be fewer downloaded bytes because the CD image contai= ns > extras they don't need. How? It will contain less bytes (lacking the distribution bits, sure), but we're talking about the *cdrom* here, not *dvdrom*, so packages are not relevant. Glen --nrXiCraHbXeog9mY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJSrp3QAAoJELls3eqvi17QgDMP/A51iFlWjkA5Kb6WOqFkkp+5 bvkZsp9wHsHIovu4vHNpEQdHxi4F1dFW3kek7EW5S0dXCrzd6UxMeT1u7zVQdaTn 2HSk0SOFuN+QD/eobByPGouK575BH8Gh7afCt0QXLBFGn2kBCunWpDEkSlO5OrMT rACoexKnPTP9otD0+aabrC+FwHz7FH8rdsQ6nO7hes4Q3bnBU6MltbJuhyD8rDqg Jh4IqsTTSMZwX/G7exZwL7BCd8GVzL62gUY5fEBH9rHXtyHz7XW74sNmjfTOnLdM htmVVDpBQJfpqZCGayylyHlySTt1Ve6VCh7GcEC1AzVZK3N9/d0m2vkj9BHK/j9s From6om6AyaKLCSGCl0rsG7lx5ejCpFVRhylPS73jE2IWQuj6FhpeYvMFrgqd1jF Imoi4u1f0GkDPeX6ecovuHWLLf9zj2N+4nLImYx/m2xUuyaDXwbMpDiXh5f3lUug ae8LU+Onh1g2fB+8RRVQ1F6BGnlT8G0FAP3PMlAhHm3FRkRc2BoXo2Pm0zlPoih7 yk9Af28dt1Y+eq7ccF7cyoeoyZM2quajarlnuQ/5L8QpqH+ScAmjzrOndasAELRw ywN+4oNfPkaZfcGHzJzMJIKTuMUlKhJ/qYnl6NuG3mEjcpwYSFPlpor9bes12d6u BFs7LdAjSKbPSwxyiIL8 =KH/5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nrXiCraHbXeog9mY--
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