On 8/9/05, Alan Coopersmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ian Collins wrote:
> > Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> >
> >> cdrw requires the -C flag to actually check the media size, otherwise
> >> it assumes 74 minute/650 MB CD media is being used, so you need to make
> >> sure to use -C when burning the Solaris OS ISO's.
> >>
> > Thanks Alan, sorted.
> >
> > Is (should?) this documented anywhere?
>
> The only place I know of is under the description of the -C flag in the
> cdrw man page (and the internal mailing list archives at Sun where this
> was a FAQ when the CD images first went over the 650MB limit and still
> pops up from time to time).
>
>From cdrw(1)
-C Uses stated media capacity. Without this option,
cdrw uses a default value for writable CD media,
which is 74 minutes for an audio CD, 681984000
bytes for a data CD, or 4.7 Gbytes for a DVD.
Looks quite documented to me.. Actually man page is where I learned about three
years ago.
Cyril
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