Re: Net image far too big
On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 09:24:04AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
>
> The net image is by far too big to fit on a floppy. We need to fix
> this somehow:
>
> System stats for net
> -------------------------
> Installed udebs: di-utils-shell rootskel anna main-menu cdebconf-udeb udpkg busybox-udeb dash-udeb kernel-image-2.4.20-1-386-udeb choose-mirror net-retriever netcfg-static netcfg-dhcp pump-udeb modutils-basic ethdetect nic-modules-shared-2.4.20-1-386-udeb socket-modules-2.4.20-1-386-udeb isa-pnp-modules-2.4.20-1-386-udeb nic-modules-2.4.20-1-386-udeb
> Total system size: 2.7M (840K libs, 628K kernel modules)
> Initrd size: 890k
> Kernel size: 666k
> Free space: -116k
> Disk usage per package:
> 8148 B - 16 blocks - 4 files used by pkg di-utils-shell.udeb (version 0.19 )
> 11372 B - 24 blocks - 2 files used by pkg nic-modules-shared-2.4.20-1-386-udeb.udeb (version 2.4.20-7 )
> 12226 B - 20 blocks - 4 files used by pkg main-menu.udeb (version 0.027 )
> 13520 B - 16 blocks - 2 files used by pkg net-retriever.udeb (version 0.016 )
> 14444 B - 20 blocks - 2 files used by pkg udpkg.udeb (version 0.012 )
> 36740 B - 64 blocks - 7 files used by pkg ethdetect.udeb (version 0.23 )
> 36833 B - 44 blocks - 3 files used by pkg pump-udeb.udeb (version 0.8.14-2 )
> 39650 B - 56 blocks - 6 files used by pkg netcfg-dhcp.udeb (version 0.22 )
> 41186 B - 52 blocks - 5 files used by pkg choose-mirror.udeb (version 0.012 )
> 43421 B - 60 blocks - 6 files used by pkg netcfg-static.udeb (version 0.22 )
> 53577 B - 56 blocks - 3 files used by pkg socket-modules-2.4.20-1-386-udeb.udeb (version 2.4.20-7 )
> 62886 B - 88 blocks - 11 files used by pkg anna.udeb (version 0.026 )
> 70321 B - 80 blocks - 3 files used by pkg dash-udeb.udeb (version 0.4.16 )
> 74932 B - 84 blocks - 2 files used by pkg isa-pnp-modules-2.4.20-1-386-udeb.udeb (version 2.4.20-7 )
> 90596 B - 96 blocks - 2 files used by pkg modutils-basic.udeb (version 2.4.21-2 )
> 135657 B - 160 blocks - 12 files used by pkg cdebconf-udeb.udeb (version 0.35 )
> 151544 B - 164 blocks - 3 files used by pkg busybox-udeb.udeb (version 1:0.60.5-2 )
> 279203 B - 376 blocks - 31 files used by pkg rootskel.udeb (version 0.27 )
> 454910 B - 504 blocks - 16 files used by pkg nic-modules-2.4.20-1-386-udeb.udeb (version 2.4.20-7 )
> 795024 B - 792 blocks - 3 files used by pkg kernel-image-2.4.20-1-386-udeb.udeb (version 2.4.20-7 )
>
> So, what to remove? isa-pnp-modules? What else? We can save some
> space by stripping the locale out of rootskel, but that would suck
> since then net installs would be ASCII-only.
Such a shame wasting all this time on this. For powerpc, we need one
floppy just for the kernel, there's no chance for 1 floppy anyway.
In my view, our users will appreciate a smoothly working CD install
much more than a 1-floppy limited-hardware bare bones install.
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