[oclug] mini CD-R's and data&audio CDs ?

[Dan York]

Jeff,

>         I saw a mini (60MB?) CD-R someone got from a tradeshow; are these
> over-the-counter in the Ottawa area?  Are they super pricey?  

I haven't seen them (but haven't looked), but when I was coordinating 
distribution of Linuxcare's BBCs (http://open-projects.linuxcare.com/BBC/ )
I learned that such mini CD-Rs *are* very commonly available.  So you should
be able to find them somewhere in town.

> Should I
> just take a saw to my normal CD-R's?  (just kidding)

Don't laugh... back in the days of the transition from 5.25" floppies to
3.5" disks, I *did* know of someone who cut a 5.25" floppy down to 3.5"
with a pair of scissors... and was amazed that they couldn't get the data 
back!  :-) 

>  I'd really like to
> make a bootable Linux util/rescue fs I can carry in a floppy box.

Two points:

 1. Check out Linuxcare's BBC (http://open-projects.linuxcare.com/BBC/ )
    They have the ISO image there that you can download and write to
    a CD-R.  It *should* work with the mini CD-R's as well.

 2. Are you coming to the OCLUG meeting tomorrow night?  If so, I'll
    try to see if I have any BBCs left.  You also might try pinging
    the local Linuxcare folks (Byward Market) to see if they have any.

My 2 cents,
Dan


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