iso images and CD-RW

[J.T.Blaylock]

Well, I put my ISOs on CD-RW so when the next YDL comes out I can erase 
them and put the new one on. My two cents.

J.T.
On May 4, 2004, at 8:17 AM, Larry Autry wrote:

> By formatting the CD-RW, you lose the full capacity of the CD-RW. If 
> you simply use NERO or Roxio, you'll get the full capacity.
>
> From the CDR FAQ:
> Subject: [3-40] Should I erase or format a disc? How?
> (2001/03/18)
> First and foremost: you do not need to format a disc unless you're 
> using a packet writing program like DirectCD. If you're running a 
> program to create a CD, chances are good that you don't need to format 
> it. If you're using "drive letter access", i.e. treating the CD-R or 
> CD-RW like a big floppy disk, then you do need to format it.
>
> Simple rule of thumb: don't format it. Most software that needs a 
> formatted disc will format it for you as needed.
>
> BTW, Why are you placing the ISOs on CD-RWs? CDs are very cheap 
> nowadays. Also, you _might_ want to archive the YDL version you are 
> burning and using CD-RWs would needless occupy more expensive media. 
> That's just my opinion, though.
>
> Regards,
> Larry Autry
>
>
>> From: carlos blanco <crb1969@earthlink.net>
>> Date: 2004/05/04 Tue AM 09:44:39 CDT
>> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>> Subject: iso images and CD-RW
>>
>> I downloaded the iso images for YellowDogLinux and the files are all
>> under 650MB.  I formatted a CD-RW disc using my Mac G4 and the 
>> capacity
>> is only 610MB!  The disc is a Memorex CD-RW, 650MB, 74min disc.  What
>> gives?  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>>
>>
>
> Larry Autry
> larry.autry@charter.net
>
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