Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:51:27 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 12.1 i386 CD #1 image size not compatible with intended medium standard size Message-ID: <20200616115127.53797f2bdea77fcbe032b4bf@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20200616122728.7bd2df41.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20200616122728.7bd2df41.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:27:28 +0200 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > Due to a system where I can only boot from CD, I downloaded the > FreeBSD 12.1 CD image (disc1.iso). It was not possible to record > this in a standard way to a 700 MB (not 650 MB) blank CD medium > (here: Platinum 700 MB / 80 min). That seems to be an oops, disc1 and disc2 were always supposed to be for use on CDs. There's always -bootonly but that has to download the distribution files which may be a problem - if not that's the way to go for now. > When will FreeBSD supply a CD image file that can actually be > used with normal CD media again without requiring a workaround > and possibly breaking the result? Shortly after someone figures out how to and submits an acceptable patch - you may be the first to have been inconvenienced by this, it's been a long time since I used a CD. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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