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  • Re: Disk images. Was [Solved] Re: Difficulty with a shell function.

    From debian-user@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, January 31, 2026 12:50:01
    "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:
    Hi,

    Henrik Ahlgren wrote:
    Traditionally, optical media is referred to as "disc", while
    magnetic media is termed "disk", but at the present day this is no
    longer consistent.

    And this is the solution to the wikipedia riddle.

    Oh, well found! :)

    This one gets redirected to .../Disk_image:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disk_image

    This one leads to the article from which peter@easthope.ca quoted:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc_image

    But the former is the URL he stated, not the latter! Once again,
    retyped not cut-and-pasted.

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