[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Schniedermeyer) quoted and then wrote: >From: >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hage) >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 11:49:47AM -0700, Frank Hage wrote: >> On 2002.11.04, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> : >> : >> : But DVD-* media is cheaper and I see no advantage in using DVD+ media. >> >> Other advantages are the ability to completely fill the disks (> 4 GB >> iso files are a problem on 32 bit systems) and not needing free space >> for the disk images. > >"When you don't know what you are talking about. Shut up". :-) > >You can't make a single file bigger than 2 GB in an ISO-Filesystem,
Do you say that because you are treating the Directory Record field Data Length (9.1.4) as a signed number ? While that would restrict the length to slightly over 2 GB, it might be safest if there is a thought that a receiving system would try to stuff it into a 32-bit register and treat it as a signed number. >corect. But that is a limitation in of the ISO-Filesystem itself. But the Data Length field is _not_ the length of data in the file. It is the data length field of the File Section. The number of possible File Sections for a single file is so large that the size of the Data Length field is just not a limiting factor. I believe I recall Joerg Schilling posting in the past that some Unix-like systems do not handle multiple File Sections properly. If such systems are used by your target audience, a pragmatic approach would be to avoid them. But that is not a limitation of ISO-9660 itself. >I burn DVD-Rs for more than a year now and from day one on i had never >problems with file-sizes (*1) (*2) >*2: I don't count the 2GB Limitation of ISO-fs as a problem. As it is >conceptual there is nothing you can do about it. It is not conceptual -- it is a defect of particular implementations. Those who do not want to switch to a different operating system can write a different implementation for their chosen operating system. Or they can decide to live with the problem. But in doing so they should not blame ISO-9660. Larry Kilgallen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
