I use about 200 disks a year. It is a pain in the but to label them all. I just write on the disk and go. Much of it is large works in progress (snapshots if you will) and FreeBSD snapshot binary disks as well as various Linux distributions. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Mendelsohn" <mend0070 at tc.umn.edu> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] PNY CD-Rs? > On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > > I burn way to many CD's to bother with sticker labels. I think I might just > > buy the "silver" disks that they rave about online. I like a label to write > > on, but I can just as well write on the disk itself. > > Sharpie marker is the tool. There was quite a little flame war among > mastering guys a few years back about whether 'twas better to label or > not. One problem with labels is that if you put a label on a disc with a > flaky reflective layer (pun intended), should you try and remove it to > relabel you might pull huge chunks of it off! You can't put too many > labels on top, because if the disc gets too thick, it might be oversized > for the players. I have run into odd players where one label was too > thick, but that't a player you'd want to stay away from anyway. > > If you really use that many discs, set up an acct. with Tape Distributors > and buy 'em wholesale. > > > -- > "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >