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Comment by calyth2018

CDs? or CD-Rs?

Your Ubuntu 6.04 installer is probably burnt onto a CDR, unless you bought a pressed copy.

The AOL dial-up CDs are most certainly pressed CDs, and would have a far longer life.

I've seen bit rot in as little as 5 years on cheap CD-Rs.

parent calyth2018 7 years ago

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