Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:25:12 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: David Boyd <David.Boyd49@twc.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: memstick.img size adjustment Message-ID: <20131027191905.S80429@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20131027160143.5ff81ada@X220.ovitrap.com> References: <0BEF1ADC0CFB448F9CB7264B652C4643@sneezy> <20131027144834.T80429@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20131027160143.5ff81ada@X220.ovitrap.com>
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On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:01:43 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > 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. Agreed, Erich. That doesn't preclude adding a 4GB memstick to the mix, or at least including a script so those who want one could make one up, perhaps most ideally from the downloaded DVD image? I do have a DVD reader but no burner, and a stick's a lot handier to take to a store. I'll have a closer look over Daniel's script towards that end. And David's point stands; some extra space for mods would be useful. Dunno about 10, but a 9.1 i386 memstick is well short of CD size: /dev/da0a 609M 568M -7.9M 101% /media cheers, Ian
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