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10.3: Create a system install firewire disk
Authored by: NeutronMonk on Dec 31, '03 08:41:26AM

While I agree that a single DVD is more convenient than multiple CDs, given the disparity between the read speeds for the two formats, I should think that the install would be much slower with the DVD. Why not use the above methods to put the install on a portable firewire disk for maximum speed?



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10.3: Create a system install firewire disk
Authored by: shemp9999 on Dec 31, '03 01:26:15PM

it's a common misperception that DVDs read slower than CD's - but it's not true. due to the apples and oranges techniques employed by the marketers of such devices, a 1x CD read speed is ~150kb, whereas a 1x DVD read speed is over 1 MB.

pioneer says the DVD reader in my G5 (DVR-106D) is 12x (16.62 MBytes/sec) and it reads CDs at 32X (4.8 MBytes/sec).



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10.3: Create a system install firewire disk
Authored by: sparkleytone on Jan 02, '04 01:20:04AM
It applies both ways, all you have to do is use the *drumroll* Restore function.

For those resizing images...its so much easier just to create a sparse image the size of a DVD. Then it only takes as much space as necessary.

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