On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, paddy wrote:
> I thought I'de give knoppix a try as I have too many old spare hard
> drives and too much time on my hands. So, I downloaded the latest
> version v3.9 and as this took a long time even with a DSL connection, I
> didn't pay attention to the ISO file size until it was done. Guess
> what? Knoppix v3.9 weighs in at 712,592 bytes just over the 700MB
> capacity of all of the CDROMS I have or can find for sale. My only
> other alternative is to use a 4.7 GB DVD which I don't think I will.
712592 KB [1] ~= 696 MB [2] (where 1 MB = 1024 KB). Don't know what size
megabyte [3] is meant. Ah, ambiguity.
Do a test burn before you do the CD -> coaster thing.
[1] properly "KiB" http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
[2] properly "MiB"
[3] properly "mebibyte"
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