Validity of the CD size limit nowadays [Re: Features/ArchitectureSupport - changing what we build for]

Sat Jan 31 16:43:52 UTC 2009

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 17:07:28 +0100,
  Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:57:50 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> > But our live images are already heavily size-constrained. There's definitely
> > no room for multiple kernels on the KDE live image, and I don't think the
> > GNOME image has any room left either.
> 
> Was already discussed the requirement of CDs nowadays?  Even the oldest
> computers already have DVD and I miss more a fully-featured LiveDVD 5GB spin.

If you want DVD iso's to be over 4 GiB you should provide comments to
the Spins SIG soon. There are concerns that DVD images over 4 GiB but
less than 4.7 GB (which is what will fit on common DVD types) will cause
problems for people using vfat.