One thing about it is if you are using DVD+-R/W, (or DVD-RAM) you can add to the image and reburn (rewrite) the DVD.
Ed Robert Citek wrote: > > On Sep 12, 2005, at 2:03 PM, Ed Howland wrote: > >> Reformatting mkisofs(8), please wait... >> ... >> -split-output >> Split the output image into several files of >> approximately 1 GB. This helps to create DVD sized >> iso9660 images on operating systems without large >> file support. Cdrecord will concatenate more than >> one file into a single track if writing to a DVD. >> To make -split-output work, the -o filename option >> must be specified. The resulting outout images will >> be named: filename_00,filename_01,filename_02... >> Manual page mkisofs(8) line 914/2413 40% >> > > That seems more appropriate if I want to create a 2 GB (or larger) > ISO on filesystem without large file support. > > In this case, I have a filesystem that has large file support. I was > just wondering if mkisofs can make ISOs larger than the standard CD > size of 700 MB and, if it can, if those ISOs can be burnt to a DVD. > > As it turns out mkisofs can make large ISOs (the largest one I made > was 5.5 GB) and those ISOs less than 4.7(?) GB can be burnt to DVD. > > As for growisofs, I'm not too clear on when I'm supposed to use it. > Is it just for burning DVDs? > > Regards, > - Robert > http://www.cwelug.org/downloads > Help others get OpenSource software. Distribute FLOSS > for Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent > > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ -- Ed Howland WDT Solutions, LLC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (314) 962-0766 _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
