From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EUvdQ-0004EB-OE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:28:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j9R0OqRB001541; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:24:52 GMT Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j9R0Ejoo024835 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:14:46 GMT Received: from sympatico.ca ([70.49.162.241]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with SMTP id <20051027001443.WXGD21026.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:14:43 -0400 Received: by sympatico.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:14:43 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:14:43 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Generate data dvd iso image with growisofs or other Message-ID: <20051027001443.GB7792@sympatico.ca> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <87ek68l545.fsf@newsguy.com> <435f9af4.4aaec3f1@vuk.kjorling.com> <20051026210108.GA7792@sympatico.ca> <20051026231048.4fc856ce@hactar.digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051026231048.4fc856ce@hactar.digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 2331a40d-ebe9-49f5-b301-d47993bbe211 X-Archives-Hash: 748148a94bb030fa3905535447c152bc 051026 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:01:08 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> (1) which package is 'growisofs' in ? > app-cdr/dvd+rw-tools >> (2) is the actual writing speed faster with DVD's than CD's ? >> they hold a lot more data, but is writing-time proportional to content ? > Yes it is. 1X on a CD is 172KB/s, 1X on a DVD is 1385KB/s. > So 8X DVD is equivalent to around 64X CD writing. > It still takes longer to write a DVD than a CD on most drives, > but nowhere near seven times as long. Thanks: that's very useful & will be archived for when I get a DVD drive. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : purslow@chass.utoronto.ca ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list