Re: Trixie Netinsts are too large for CD

Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Thu, 21 Aug 2025 03:46:39 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.cd
Organization	Debian
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Andrew M.A. Cater <[email protected]> (2025-08-20):
> You are correct but this has been the case for a while now, probably
> since non-free firmware was included. For most people, this is not a
> problem because they will install from a flash drive (or maybe now http
> booting). Very few people now use CD-RW these days.
> 
> Fairly sure this has also been the case for a couple of years in Bookworm.

Things grew over time, initially for the unofficial netinst images with
firmware included:

    stretch/firmware.cfg:   export FORCE_CD_SIZE1=CD700
    buster/firmware.cfg:    export FORCE_CD_SIZE1=CD700
    bullseye/firmware.cfg:  export FORCE_CD_SIZE1=STICK1GB

And now for the official netinst images:

    bookworm/netinst.cfg:   export FORCE_CD_SIZE1=STICK1GB
    trixie/netinst.cfg:     export FORCE_CD_SIZE1=STICK1GB
    forky/netinst.cfg:      export FORCE_CD_SIZE1=STICK1GB

and indeed the STICK1GB addition for bookworm happened right when we
were working on splitting non-free-firmware from non-free.


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

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