On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:21, Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, Pablo Cavero wrote:
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>> Dear Troy,
>>
>> Thanks for your fast reply.
>>
>> But, I insist. The space used by 2 DVD Disk, or 1 DVD + 1 CD, is the same
>> that an only one Disk, DVD-Dual Layer, and at this time... in 2011, so any
>> DVD Reader-Writer can Write a Single or Dual Layer DVD, and 1 Disk is
>> better
>> that 2.
>
> Yes the newer drives can read DVD-Dual Layer but the media to burn DVD-Dual
> Layer is much more expensive.

And while they may be able to read a DVD-Dual Layer they may not be
able to burn it. The secondary issue is that mirroring images larger
than 4GB finds all kinds of issues in mirroring software (I have found
some versions of rsync or httpd to either die or redo the download
over and over because its checksum isn't right.)

For all the work of downloading a large iso one might as well just set
up a mirror of the files.


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