Re: Trixie Netinsts are too large for CD

["Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 02:16:13PM +0200, J.A. Bezemer wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Debian 13.0.0 netinst for amd64/arm64/armhf have grown too large to fit on
> actual CD (700MB). I can not find or remember any discussion on this. I also
> do not really care; yet I would suggest placing them with the other DVD isos
> if the size increase is indeed intentional or unavoidable.
> 

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.

> Quite surprisingly, ppc64el/riscv64/s390x netinsts are 100+MB smaller. So
> there may be something going on anyway...
> 
> Thanks,
> Anne Bezemer
>

All the very best, as ever,

Andrew Cater
(amacater@debian.org)