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Re: cdrecord and BIG DISKS - Might help someone



On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 10:43:35PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Where did you get 900MiB CD-Rs?
> 
> How many minutes of music are they supposed to hold?
> 
> The only 2 sizes I've seen are 650MiB (74 min) & 700MiB (80 min).

You can get 90-minute and 99-minute discs from some mail-order places.
80min discs are the largest that actually follow the spec, 90/99min
discs wind the spiral tighter and run it out to the very edge of the
disc. Not all burners can reliably burn them, and some hardware can't
read them either.

-- 
Michael Heironimus



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