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Date:      Tue, 24 Dec 2002 20:34:31 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to find the capacity of CD?
Message-ID:  <20021225023431.GD41621@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021224202010.GB53061@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net>
References:  <20021224144253.GA156@dhumketu.homeunix.net> <20021224202010.GB53061@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net>

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In the last episode (Dec 24), Nathan Kinkade said:
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 08:12:53PM +0530, Shantanu Mahajan wrote:
> > Is there any way to find out the capacity of blank CD before
> > buring?
> 
> Shouldn't most CD-ROMs have around 700MB capacity?  Are are you
> looking to find out how much space is left on a partially written CD
> that has not been fixated?

There are a couple of sizes.  The old standard was 650, the current is
700, and you can apparently also get 870MB cds, although I have no idea
where.  You also have those little 200MB 3-inch cd's (take a look at
your CD drive tray; the little circular depression in the center of the
tray is for those).

I know cdrecord prints the capacity of the media before its 10-second
delay; there might be a way to get media info without attempting a burn
and hitting ^C.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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