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Re: "up to 300 mb in size"



Right should be right ;)

Maybe update that website for the 11.7 or 12 release :p

On 3/8/23, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 02:53:43AM -0500, nick black wrote:
>>the netinst page claims:
>>
>> Up to 300 MB in size, this image contains the installer and a
>> small set of packages which allows the installation of a (very)
>> basic system.
>>
>> netinst CD image (generally 150-300 MB, varies by architecture)
>>
>>but we're now at 400MB on amd64:
>>
>> [schwarzgerat](0) $ ls -l downloads/debian-11.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 dank dank 406847488 2023-03-08 02:47
>> downloads/debian-11.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso
>> [schwarzgerat](0) $
>>
>>just thought i'd let y'all know!
>
> Yup, we know. Things are growing over time.
>
> In fact, the bookworm release will be bigger again due to including
> firmware too.
>
> --
> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.
> steve@einval.com
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>
>


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