--No, I believe you are incorrect; the actual ISO file is burned directly to CD as a disc image, because otherwise it wouldn't be able to boot.

--Note: 700*1024 == 716800 - so it just barely fits w/o overburning.

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Well, I was just pondering giving Knoppix a try and I was reading though the information and they say that you you burn the ISO to a 700mb CD-RW, however I noticed that the actual file size for the ISO is 716,504kb, so in short how exactly is this possible? Thanks alot.

-Blah
The ISO file itself will not be burned. What is burned are files inside ISO image. So there is a not a direct relation between ISO size and CD size.