Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:54:04 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 652 meg cd? Message-ID: <20040204015403.GF159@seven.alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <16416.19620.158157.793481@canoe.dclg.ca> References: <16416.4726.600088.834482@canoe.dclg.ca> <4020468F.20800@freebsd.org> <16416.19620.158157.793481@canoe.dclg.ca>
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On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 08:36:36PM -0500, David Gilbert wrote: > >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> writes: > > >> ls -la 5.2.1-RC-i386-disc1.iso > Scott> -rw-r--r-- 1 scottl archive 672792576 Jan 31 20:05 > Scott> 5.2.1-RC-i386-disc1.iso > >> dc > Scott> 672792576 1024 / p 657024 1024 / p 641 > > Scott> That is to say that the image is 641MB, where a MB == MegaByte > Scott> == 1024 * 1024 bytes. This is the standard way that CD > Scott> capacities are measured. If your initial starting size is > Scott> different from was I just pasted in, then you might want to > Scott> check the MD5 and verify that what you have (or where you got > Scott> it from) is not corrupt. > > No... that is the size I have ... but curiously burncd is refusing to > put it onto a 650 meg CDRW that I have. It works just fine on the > 700M CDR's that I have, tho. > > Dave. Don't 650MB CD-RW have a little bit less space then 650MB CD-R ? I seem to recall something like that. -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 You can find my resume at: http://seven.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html
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