From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor_Boskovits?= Subject: Iso image size Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 08:06:33 +0100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="001a113f8f2c26aa93055fced33c" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51853) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eNCjz-00054x-SA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Dec 2017 02:06:36 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eNCjz-0007NY-4h for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Dec 2017 02:06:35 -0500 Received: from mail-it0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::22a]:38592) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eNCjy-0007NQ-Vd for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Dec 2017 02:06:35 -0500 Received: by mail-it0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id r6so2802293itr.3 for ; Thu, 07 Dec 2017 23:06:34 -0800 (PST) List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Guix-devel --001a113f8f2c26aa93055fced33c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I don't know what we are currently doing to get the installer iso image sized down, but I caught some discussion yesterday on irc, that the image is actually very well compressible, and checking the sizes it really is. Might that be possible to do something like compressing the root filesystem image on the iso image, and decompress it from initrd before mounting? Or do we already do that? It might worth consideration, if that makes the image fit onto a CD. --001a113f8f2c26aa93055fced33c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I don't know what we are currently doing to get the in= staller iso image sized down, but I caught some discussion yesterday on irc= , that the image is actually very well compressible, and checking the sizes= it really is.

Might that be possible to do something li= ke compressing the root filesystem image on the iso image, and decompress i= t from initrd before mounting?

Or do we already do= that?

It might worth consideration, if that makes= the image fit onto a CD.


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