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...from EasyOS, a Linux distro, which moved to the .img format.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Can you use a .img file on a DVD? I store all the ISOs I have on optical media. Other than that, .img sounds like a really good format. I would have to learn something new to use it though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I have a few CD-ROMs labeled "High Sierra" because the ISO 9660 format was always a loose approximation of what people were already doing. It got kludged even harder as CD-R and CD-RW took off. Turning that into something a USB drive can boot was a magic trick that lasted far longer than it probably should've.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Perhaps this is a silly question. Why not release on both formats?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

https://easyos.org/about/why-the-iso-format-has-to-die.html has parts about why not release an ISO as well. The most pertinent part seems to be at the bottom.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

ISO9660 file format, not the other ISOs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Thank fuck not ISO8601. Wish ISO 27001 would tho, such a pain to comply.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago