It seems to me there are at least two different capacities available, usually labeled in terms of minutes of audio. When I bought the 80 minute capacity disks there was a slightly smaller capacity available. Maybe others have better information about this. But I know that disk 2 of the Slackware set is somewhat larger than the others, and required the 80 minute size in my case. On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Zachary wrote: > Hmmm. Is the disc supposed to be 700MB? My disc is only reported by Windows > at 650 or so. > Erasing it completely doesn't help. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh at sent.com> > To: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "Speakup is a screen review > system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 1:40 AM > Subject: Re: CDR or CDRW Disks > > >> Wrong. You can reuse the entire CDRW a great many times. >> I recently purchased a package of 10 CDRW's with 80 minute capacity from >> a local business supply store for under $10.00. >> >> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Glenn at home wrote: >> >>> It is my understanding, that with CDR disks, you can write, but not >>> erase. >>> But with CDR/W disks, you can erase, but you don't get the space back, >>> i.e., you cannot write over the data that has been erased, which seems >>> little better than usless in most instances. >>> Glenn >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Zachary" <Z_kline at hotmail.com> >>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 10:16 PM >>> Subject: Re: CDR or CDRW Disks >>> >>> >>> Then I am assuming that this disk I have is CDRW, because I can erase >>> the >>> contents. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis at shellworld.net> >>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 8:09 PM >>> Subject: Re: CDR or CDRW Disks >>> >>> >>>> You can not do data rewrites on CDRs. Write once, read many applies. >>>> CDRWs can be used for this purpose. >>>> >>>> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Zachary wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I am wondering whether it would be possible to physically erase the >>>>> contents of a CD, so as to convert it into a blank one. I have only >>>>> 1 >>>>> cdr disk, which is not enough to install Slackware Linux, unless I >>>>> am >>>>> mistaken. I just need one more disk, and am wondering whether I can >>>>> either download a cD formatter program, or just have to go out and >>>>> buy >>>>> another disk. >>>>> I'd rather not do that, as I have plenty of disks already. >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Zachary _______________________________________________ >>>>> Speakup mailing list >>>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> >> -- >> The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (97% of Full) >> Home page at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh >> Speakfreely address 24.105.197.112:2074 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (97% of Full) Home page at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh Speakfreely address 24.105.197.112:2074
