On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Chris Lawrence wrote: > > True, it's probably best that the official CDs fit on 650MB media. > Especially since CD-RW media doesn't seem as available in the 700MB size. *** > Probably; at least, that's what I did in my rewritten script > (list2cds-cram; unfortunately, it's not a drop-in replacement, which > is why I haven't stuck it in CVS). I usually build with just depends > and recommends honored, though I've been experimenting with code to > avoid recursive suggestion inclusion (suggested packages don't need to > pull in THEIR suggestions too, otherwise you get a really dense graph > really quickly... debconf will pull in half of GNOME if you let the > suggestions get away from you). I also hacked in code to allow > treating doc packages that are suggested or recommended as > dependencies for purposes of building the CD. > > > Anyway I will try a YAB (yet another build) with the NORECOMMEDS enabled. > > That should free up a TON of space.
Saved some, but not as much as expected. What was the big space saver was removing #include <xservers-XFree3> #include <interesting-redhat> #include <interesting-fromcd23> #include <linuxtag2000> This dropped the size of the minimal first CD from 580 MB to 343MB, freeing up 237MB. No wonder your 700MB images made a difference. > I probably should tar up my hacks as inserted atop debian-cd CVS; at > the moment, they just sort of sit in a directory on the lordsutch.com > website. (http://www.lordsutch.com/cds/debian-cd/hacks.html for > details.) At the moment I am finding the amount of space each task takes on a CD. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]