Bug#686471: cdimage.debian.org: Please made DVD-1 image small enough to fit on a 4GB USB stick

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>]

On 09/01/12 18:02, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2012 at 05:55:54PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > Package: cdimage.debian.org
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Tags: d-i
> >
> > It would be nice if the DVD-1 iso image were just a bit smaller, so it would fit
> > onto a 4 GB USB flash drive.
> >
> > I'm presonally interested in seeing this happen for PowerPC architecture,
> > but I'd even be happy if it only happened for the x86/amd64 architecure
> > if that's the best we can do in the Wheezy timeframe.
> Ummm. We've been doing this for ages for amd64 and i386 so that
> they'll work in isohybrid mode from USB. Have you tried to use one of
> the current images?
I tried it with the PowerPC Wheezy Beta-1 DVD-1.  Is that recent 
enough?  It claims to be 4.4 GB, the same size as the DVD-2 from the 
same series.

Rick