Package: debian-installer-netboot-images Severity: normal Tags: d-i Debian Install System Team,
Looking at Debian Installer Buster Alpha 2 netinst: debian-buster-DI-alpha2-amd64-netinst.iso $ ls -l install.amd/*/initrd.gz -r--r--r-- 2 root root 40077490 Dec 5 09:33 install.amd/gtk/initrd.gz -r--r--r-- 2 root root 40077490 Dec 5 09:33 install.amd/xen/initrd.gz $ md5sum install.amd/*/initrd.gz a369d078180551a2e53cab0c39e4a6c4 install.amd/gtk/initrd.gz a369d078180551a2e53cab0c39e4a6c4 install.amd/xen/initrd.gz netinst images are roughly 300 MB, so each of these is > 10%. Should one of these be replaced with a symlink? By the way, these files are also duplicated in pre-Buster and non-netinst images. Thank you! Dan