Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-21 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> discs created with mkudffs do work fine on windows XP but not on 2000 or less. Interesting. I was wondering whether I should shift from ext2 to udf, quick tests show that mkudffs is fine. mkisofs -udf produces rubbish. Is there another alternative? (I'm only really interested in Linux.) Volker

Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-21 Thread Richard Stevens
Hi, > If you only want to store files >2GB (or udf, with mkudffs), and the disk can be mounted in the usual > fashion (hint: loop mount). Whether it can be read on Microshite is > none of my concern, if you use DVDs as tar tapes it sounds like it's > none of yours either. discs created with mkud

Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-14 Thread Robert M. Stockmann
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > On Sat 14 Jun 2003 14:00:07 NZST +1200, Robert M. Stockmann wrote: > > > this mkisofs is a component of cdrtools-2.0 which i patched see : > > > > ftp://crashrecovery.org/pub/linux/cdrtools/ > > I wish people would give some useful information with

[Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-13 Thread Bryan J. Smith
Quoting Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Are you sure? Joliet is an optional extra, on unix it's just a waste > of space. Joliet extensions have various limitations on file paths and names. I run into them regularly. Not using Joliet fixes the issue (bare ISO9660 or ISO9660+RockRidge-onl

Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-13 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Sat 14 Jun 2003 14:00:07 NZST +1200, Robert M. Stockmann wrote: > this mkisofs is a component of cdrtools-2.0 which i patched see : > > ftp://crashrecovery.org/pub/linux/cdrtools/ I wish people would give some useful information with their patches, like some basic info, e.g. what the patch ac

Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-13 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Is there a good "par" HOWTO somewhere? Do you need one? There's a lot of info on the sourceforge site, and with the version 2 source code. Version 1 seems pretty simple and just compiles. Version 2 doesn't compile with current versiosn of automake/autoconf gcc 3.3. > > What I can't do, is repai

Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-13 Thread Bryan J. Smith
Quoting Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Are you sure? Joliet is an optional extra, on unix it's just a waste > of space. Joliet extensions have various limitations on file paths and names. I run into them regularly. Not using Joliet fixes the issue (bare ISO9660 or ISO9660+RockRidge-on

Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-13 Thread Bryan J. Smith
Quoting André Dalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What I did myself, was to split my large files into smaller chunks. > I use GNU 'split' to split it into 50MB chunks, then I use parity > archives ('par' utility) to generate redundancy data for my split > volumes. > This way I can recover the large file

Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-13 Thread Robert M. Stockmann
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, André Dalle wrote: I can make upto 4.7 Gig udf iso's without problems here and possibly even bigger upto the filesize limit on current ext2/ext3 filesystems in linux systems running kernel 2.4.18 and higher : /usr/bin/mkisofs -o /mnt/backup/disc1.raw -l \# Allow

Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-13 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Thanks for posting that! I was wondering what other people do. > I was trying to save multi gigabyte database dumps to dvd, but > limitations withing mkisofs (more specifically the joliet file system) Are you sure? Joliet is an optional extra, on unix it's just a waste of space. > The workaround

Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-13 Thread André Dalle
What I did myself, was to split my large files into smaller chunks. I use GNU 'split' to split it into 50MB chunks, then I use parity archives ('par' utility) to generate redundancy data for my split volumes. This way I can recover the large file even if data errors on the disc prevent me from re

[Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround

2003-06-13 Thread Allan Peda
While this is not a mkisofs related topic, it does relate to dvdrecord. I see so many problems, and few solutions on this list that I decided to post a solution, of sorts. I was trying to save multi gigabyte database dumps to dvd, but limitations withing mkisofs (more specifically the joliet file