22.04 reducing iso size

[Oliver Grawert]

Hi,
Am Mittwoch, dem 29.11.2023 um 09:26 -0500 schrieb Peter Silva:
> I don't think you can just omit /usr/lib/firmware entirely.  it has
> microcode for processors
> and parts of the motherboard... so you would have to trim
> carefully... I would keep at least the amd/ and intel/ sub-
> directories... would have to look at the rest of them one at a
> time...
> I'm not saying it's not possible, I just think omitting it outright
> will result in something that will not boot.
> 

unless you are installing on a managed switch you can surely remove 
/lib/firmware/mellanox/ that is typically not used on standard servers
and holds quite a chunk of big blobs ...

ciao
	oli
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