On Sunday 03 December 2006 18:04, Greg Madden wrote: > On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:08:18 +0000 > > Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > > >Dear Debian people, > > > > > >This is a pretty dumb question. But I think it has a little merit. > > >I bought myself a new Benq DVD rewriter and stuffed in my box. This > > >one can handle dual layered DVDs as well as the single ones. > > > > > >I then realised after nosing around in the computer shop that dual > > >layered DVDs have a capacity of 8.5GB c.f. the single layered ones > > >of 4.4GB. > > > > 8.5 billion bytes vs. 4.7 billion bytes. > > > > >What a genius this guy is I here you say. > > > > > >A doubling of storage is what you would expect. > > > > > >My point is that whereas the Sarge 3.1 r3 release contains 15 CDs, > > >Etch comprises 21 CDs...... > > > > > >Or 3 DVDs..... But of course these are 3 single layer 4.4 GB DVDs. > > > > > >Once Etch comes out and everyones starts to work on Lenny, then > > >maybe it could get to thirty CDs or 4 or 5 DVDs. > > > > > >Once it gets to that size would dual layered DVD iso images be > > >considered to be parked in the repositories? > > > > *maybe*. We had some of this discussion before sarge released, when > > there was a chance that we might make sarge fit on a single DL > > DVD. See the debian-cd mailing list archives if you'd like to know > > more... :-) > > Part of this discussion concerned the cost of DL media vs single > layer.At the time DL was about $8/disk while compared to maybe > $1.00/disk for SL, not a good value, imho. The economics may have > changed.
I have a few of them here. I don't use them often but in the case of debian I would invest a few extra $ to keep the number of disks down. Wasn't so bad when I was just using i386, now I also use amd64 (soon I will only use amd64) the number of disks is impressive.. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
