From: amacater@einval.com 
  
 On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 02:16:13PM +0200, J.A. Bezemer wrote: 
 > 
 > Hi all, 
 > 
 > Debian 13.0.0 netinst for amd64/arm64/armhf have grown too large to fit on 
 > actual CD (700MB). I can not find or remember any discussion on this. I 
 also 
 > do not really care; yet I would suggest placing them with the other DVD 
 isos 
 > if the size increase is indeed intentional or unavoidable. 
 > 
  
 You are correct but this has been the case for a while now, probably 
 since non-free firmware was included. For most people, this is not a 
 problem because they will install from a flash drive (or maybe now http 
 booting). Very few people now use CD-RW these days. 
  
 Fairly sure this has also been the case for a couple of years in Bookworm. 
  
 > Quite surprisingly, ppc64el/riscv64/s390x netinsts are 100+MB smaller. So 
 > there may be something going on anyway... 
 > 
 > Thanks, 
 > Anne Bezemer 
 > 
  
 All the very best, as ever, 
  
 Andrew Cater 
 (amacater@debian.org) 
  
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