Bug#1038440: debian-cd: debian-12.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso is too big for a CD

Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.cd
Organization Debian
Message-ID <20230618213408.2mjp2pyfqnojzvp6__11099.8607169435$1687124374$gmane$org@mraw.org>
Claude Heiland-Allen <[email protected]> (2023-06-18):
> I'm not sure if I will actually need a CD,
> (refurbishing someone's old laptop,
> I don't know yet if it will boot from USB stick or not),
> but if it can only boot from CD I will have to
> install Bullseye (whose netinst does fit on a CD)
> and then upgrade, which is not ideal.

https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/-/issues/3 has:

> Revisit firmware packages included in the netinst (amd64 is 738M for
> 12.0.0): at least nvidia stuff wasn't planned in the beginning, and
> could be removed.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois ([email protected])            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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