j...@jretrading.com wrote:
>On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:30:04 +0100
>Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote:
>
>> ssmcmlxx+debianu...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >I tried to write the debian-12.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso to cd using
>> >cdrskin and xorriso but they both refused my command.
>>
>> Apologies, it's just too large at this point. Adding all the firmware
>> made things grow too much. We have some ideas on how to fix this, and
>> I hope that the 12.1 images will work better.
>>
>
>Is compression practical in this case? Tom used to get 1.7MB on a 1.44MB
>floppy, and Knoppix claims to put 2GB on a live CD.
Just about everything on the media is already heavily compressed,
e.g. xz for data inside the .deb packages.
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com
< sladen> I actually stayed in a hotel and arrived to find a post-it
note stuck to the mini-bar saying "Paul: This fridge and
fittings are the correct way around and do not need altering"
