On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:33 PM, John Andersen <jsamyth@gmail.com> wrote:
Some time ago I did a lot of research on this as well, and purchased a good supply of what were recommended as the best at that time. (TYG02 Taiyo Yuden). Single layer, in this case. Note that brand name is not as important as actual manufacturer.
I did the same research 2 or 3 years ago. At that time Taiyo Yuden did not make any dual-layer media, which left you with a poor selection of manufacturers to choose from. We never got better than a 50% burn rate if we were writing to the second layer. That is the dual layer media worked fine if you only wrote to the first layer, but it was a very poor success rate once you started writing to the second layer. And the more you wrote, the worse the success rate. ie./ writing 5GB used less of the second layer than a 8GB iso, so the 5GB was more likely to succeed. I haven't tried a dual layer in a couple years, so I don't know how the work now. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org