> From: David Gilbert <dgilbert_at_dclg.ca> > Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:53:17 -0500 > > Kevin> Unlike most hard drives (and I think DVDs), CDs are in real > Kevin> MBs. As a result, you can write about 68 bytes to a standard CD > Kevin> and about 737 million bytes to a "700 MB" CD. (I put that in > Kevin> quotation marks because they are really 703 MD without > Kevin> overburn.) > > Kevin> The current CDs should fit comfortably on and standard CD. -- > > Well... They don't fit on a 650 M "standard" CD. They current image > is 672 million bytes-ish. Mea Culpa, I did the math wrong. (I forgot to multiply by 1024). You are right. the ISO is JUST too big for a 650 MB CD. If you allow overburn, it might fit, but it IS getting a bit too big. I never have used 650 MB CDs, so I had not seen the problem, myself. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman_at_es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634Received on Tue Feb 03 2004 - 12:59:45 UTC
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