Re: Official woody netinst images
On Mar 07, Karl-Martin Skontorp wrote:
> * Richard Atterer (deb-cd@list02.atterer.net) 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
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