Size of CD-sized ISO?

hhh · 2016-03-28 22:41:30

I found one of Mint's that's at 699 MB...
https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=67

I have an ISO that is 701.5 MB which should also be under the 737-something-ish MB limit for CD-RW. Am I right? These discs are easy to find, we don't have to get this ISO under 650 MB, do we?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R#Phys … cteristics

tknomanzr · 2016-03-28 23:17:49

MOST CD-R's in the US these days are of the 700 MB variety. Unless you are shopping online for bargain basement cost CD-R's, 700 MB should be good. It's been ages since I even bought a stack but then I found out my truck had a 6 cd changer in it so I've been busy burning CD's to play in it.

Eraph · 2016-03-29 00:06:07

I don't think I've seen a 650MB CD-R in forever. 700MB seems to be de-facto these days.

pvsage · 2016-03-29 15:40:54

Invoking Devil's Advocate: If it's possible to make the CD sized ISO fully Orange Book compliant (which specifies the old 650MB limit) without sacrificing functionality, I think this should be a goal. It's possible (though unlikely) that there are potatoes that will boot Hydrogen but can't read a 700MB CD-R.

hhh · 2016-03-30 02:36:10

pvsage wrote:

Orange Book compliant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_C … n_Criteria

Dood, no.

pvsage wrote:

there are potatoes

Agreed. I'll try and drop it fiddy for the spuds.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-03-30 09:40:50

hhh wrote:

pvsage wrote:
Orange Book compliant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_C … n_Criteria
Dood, no.

https://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan98/ … ormats.htm

pvsage · 2016-03-30 12:07:55

@hhh: Wrong rainbow books.

As for "potatoes", you can blame Mane6 for my awareness of this use of the term; in one of their live development streams, one of them mentioned "some people are playing Skullgirls on actual potatoes." Frankly, I think it's a cute way of saying your hardware is "barely up to task".

Eraph · 2016-03-30 22:24:33

Then there's this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSk_37So0Xk

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