[CentOS] CentOS-7-x86_64-dvd-2009.iso is too big for DVD blanks

Thu Mar 18 13:15:46 UTC 2021
Valeri Galtsev <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu>


> On Mar 18, 2021, at 7:30 AM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> At Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:24:51 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 11:42:40PM -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via CentOS wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm sure it would, but I thought I made it clear that DL or BluRay have
>>> never been options in this case. I'm disappointed that the DVD iso was
>>> released without any release notes advising it was oversized
>> 
>> The size issue with single-layer media has been a known issue since the
>> CentOS-6 days and the release notes very much do mention it, or at least
>> they did at one point.
>> 
>> It's not realistic to expect server-class machines not to be able to
>> boot from dual-layer or USB media in 2021.
> 
> Or really any "PC".  My 2009 vintage desktop "PC" motherboard can boot from 
> USB.  It has the original BIOS.

To add to that: it would be unreasonable to expect from “binary replica” distribution to compose DVDs (or CDs) differently from upstream vendor. Therefore, media size may end up larger than limit.

Valeri

>> 
>> 
>> 							John
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