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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 February 2008 12:23 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Chris Dent; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
