On Mar 07, Karl-Martin Skontorp wrote: > * Richard Atterer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > - <100MB, should fit on a credit-card sized CD (=150MB) - maybe just > > boot-floppies and base. One should be able to install via the net > > even with hardware which is not supported by boot-floppies, e.g. > > PCI ISDN cards. > > I don't think my credit-card CDs will fit more than about 30 MB. The > images from here fit: > > http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/ > > There are also some 80 mm. CDs, about 200 MB. They are not > rectangular, but will fit in a shirt pocket.
Here are the sizes I am aware of: "Business card" CDs: ~50 MB (approximately 8 cm by 5 cm) 8 cm (3 in) CDs: ~185 MB 12 cm (5 in) CDs: ~650 MB / ~700 MB (DVD-R(G) 2.0: ~4300 MB or 4.7x10^9 bytes) I assume the first two formats can also be produced with the 700 MB track spacing, but I don't think any vendors do that. These are traditional megabyte figures, not 10^6 byte figures. My general feeling is that the 50 MB size is really something of a gimmick, as you can't really carry it around safely in a wallet without breaking the CD. The 185 MB size is pretty nice, though, and you can put a useful Debian install on it. (I can see the value in providing all three sizes for CD 1: 50, 185, and 650. But, you won't fit anything much beyond disks-$ARCH on a 50 MB blank.) Chris -- Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.lordsutch.com/chris/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
