On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:48:54 +0100 Bartosz Stec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My backup script split filesystem dumps to files with size of 4,37 GB (4 > 588 544 kB). It's just an optimal size to fill out DVDs. At this moment > I have to burn them from windows via smb-link becuase I didn't manage to > do this task from FreeBSD console due to 2GB/4GB filesize restrictions > (growisofs). I'm using freeware CDBurnerXP to burn my backups > (ISO9660/UDF/Joliet), and they mount without problems on my FreeBSD BOX, > files are fully readable too. However, burning gigabytes of data via > slow (about 3.5MB/s) SMB network is just annoing. Is there *any* way to > burn DVDs with files>4GB from FreeBSD console? As a work around you could simply tell your backup script to spilt the data at about 1GB and burn 4 files to one DVD. Andreas -- GnuPG key : 0x2A573565 | http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/de/ Fingerprint: 925D 2089 0BF9 8DE5 9166 33BB F0FD CD37 2A57 3565
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