On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 02:05:32PM -0700, Chris H wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:09:10 +0930 Shane Ambler <FreeBSD_at_ShaneWare.Biz> wrote > > > On 12/07/2016 06:54, Conrad Meyer wrote: > > > DVD-R dates to 1997; cheap USB flash devices are now pervasive. Maybe > > > it's time to move on from CD. > > > > +1 on dropping CD images. I haven't burnt a CD in over 10 years and I > > don't believe I have seen a CD only drive in that time. Even with a CD > > size image I have burnt them to DVD, I first started this because > > transfer speeds of DVD's are faster and nowadays it costs almost the > > same to burn a DVD. So I see zero benefit to using CD's and that's > > before thinking of reusable USB devices. > > > > I do think there is a benefit to keeping the small boot only image > > available that can be used to start/recover a machine that can then > > download any data to be installed. > > > > -- > > FreeBSD - the place to B...Storing Data > > > > Shane Ambler > > > > -1 > There is no *good* reason that FreeBSD can't maintain the CD image. > I think the *real* question here is; *why* is it now so hard to fit > it on a CD? clang main binary now 50MB size (27MB for 10.x) -- on live FS and in base.txz. 11.x now ship lldb (on live FS too) -- 50MB also binary -- on live FS and in base.txz. kernel now 26M vs 12M on 10.3. kernel with modules now 115MB vs 54MB on 10.3 total size of *.a now 50M (vs 48M). All binaries slightly bigger: usr/bin/ld from 1580008 to 1615912 (+2%).Received on Wed Jul 13 2016 - 07:04:56 UTC
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