Bug#466991: Package: installation-reports
Hi Frans,
Many thanks for your message. I do not doubt that DVD-1 *should* fit on any
DVD but here it just doesn't - its probably just this (old) Sony DVD-RW -
and I can't argue with your first reaction. I have now downloaded CD-1 and
I'll see how I get on with that over the weekend.
With very best wishes,
Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frans Pop [mailto:elendil@planet.nl]
> Sent: 22 February 2008 12:23
> To: 466991@bugs.debian.org
> Cc: Chris Dent; debian-cd@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#466991: Package: installation-reports
>
> reassign 466991 debian-cd
> thanks
>
> On Friday 22 February 2008, Chris Dent wrote:
> > Comments/Problems:
> > The problem is that with Sony Sonic CD burner a 4.7Gb disk can only
> > hold 4.1Gb of data, too little to contain DVD-1 (4.4Gb).
> Maybe reduce
> > the contents a little to allow for similar fault tolerance?
> Shall try
> > the CD version now...
>
> I'm not sure if we've had reports of similar issues before. I
> cannot remember any.
>
> The problem probably is that DVD is a fairly well defined
> standard, so if your hardware does not follow that standard,
> my first reaction would be to
> say: sorry but we cannot allow for hardware that is not
> standards compliant.
> Especially as that would mean we will be using 4 DVDs a lot
> sooner than we have to (you're basically asking us to reduce
> the size by half a CD...).
>
> However, if you can show that the 4.1GB limit _is_ part of
> some standard (and I don't mean the documentation of your DVD
> writer), maybe the debian-cd team will consider lowering the size.
>
> Cheers,
> FJP
>
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