On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:09:10 +0930 Shane Ambler <free...@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? --Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
