Re: Disk images. Was [Solved] Re: Difficulty with a shell function.

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Fri 30 Jan 2026 at 19:39:16 (+0100), Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> > > Thomas, I cited https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disk_image .
> > > ou read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_image .
> 
> debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote:
> > When I go to that URL (as shown in my browser's URL bar) I am shown the
> > page accessed from the URL below, prefaced by the text "(Redirected
> > from Optical disk image)"
> 
> Indeed i see the same (and did not notice when i wrote my previous
> reply).
> 
> It's astounding that wikipedia shows different behavior with the same
> URL. If i click on the redirection note i get to
>   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Optical_disk_image&redirect=no
> which says not much more than
>   "Disk Image
>    This page was last edited on 25 July 2008, at 18:54 (UTC)."

There are two different pages being consulted here:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc_image

and:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_image

the second one being reached by a redirect from:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Optical_disk_image&redirect=no

The author of the first page can't even manage a consistent spelling
in the five words "disk sector by disc sector", quoted by the OP.

Cheers,
David.