NetBSD Problem Report #59003

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From: campbell+netbsd@mumble.net
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Subject: ports pages are unclear on media limits for ISO images
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>Number:         59003
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       ports pages are unclear on media limits for ISO images
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jan 17 15:30:00 +0000 2025
>Last-Modified:  Fri Jan 17 17:30:01 +0000 2025
>Originator:     Taylor R Campbell
>Release:        current, 10, ...
>Organization:
The NetDVD Foundiso
>Environment:
>Description:
The ports pages pages at

https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/i386/
https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/amd64/

and the INSTALL notes they link to suggest that CD-ROMs work as installation media, but the installation images have been larger than fit on any CD-ROMs in a while and we seem to have decided that it's acceptable to restrict the media to larger DVDs.  But I don't know where that's written down and it's not obvious from the `NetBSD/i386 10.1 ISO' link.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to install NetBSD/i386 10.1 via optical media of around 700 MiB without realizing it doesn't fit in a CD, only in a DVD.
>Fix:
Yes, please!

>Audit-Trail:
From: nia <nia@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/59003: ports pages are unclear on media limits for ISO
 images
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:28:27 +0000

 On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 03:30:01PM +0000, campbell+netbsd@mumble.net wrote:
 > Try to install NetBSD/i386 10.1 via optical media of around 700 MiB without realizing it doesn't fit in a CD, only in a DVD.

 I did a lot of work in -current to make the ISO fit on a CD again,
 some of it was backported, but not all of it (e.g. new sets).

 i386 is supposed(tm) to fit on a CD, the ISO here seems
 below 700 MB?

 https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/images/10.1/

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