In , on 11/27/2005 
   at 06:32 AM, Felix Miata  said:

Hi Felix

>Don{ald} O. Woodall wrote:
> 
>>      Do you have any experience with re-writable DVD media?
>>      Does it work any better than the CD-RW media?

>I'd like to suggest that if you think you want to use CDRW or DVDRW media

     Um, there is another parameter that you are not seeing that, I
believe, insists on the CD or DVD media.  That parameter is that I am
working on Operating System Installation Cds.

     Can I as easily install eCS from a USB Hard Drive as
from a CD?

>that you consider another option. Hard drives are the best value in
>available RW space, and probably will be for some time to come. Get an
>external USB HD case for as little as $15, and one or more HDs for it,
>anywhere from tiny all the way up to 300GB or more. Now that the lastest
>IBM USB drivers have supposedly given up their insistence on using
>different LBA values than everything else, even multibooters can use
>them. For greater convenience for smaller but more frequent RW backups of
>smaller size substitute 512MB or 1024MB CompactFlash USB card(s) and a
>reader for them costing as little as $7.

     Thanks

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