On 10/16/07, Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 16 2007 14:51, Greg Freemyer wrote: > >A slightly different question. > > > >Yesterday I had 9GBs of small files (about 115,000 files in one dir) > >to burn to DVD. Too big to fit on a single Dual Layer DVD by a few > >hundred GB, and almost too big to fit on 2 single layer DVDs. > > > >Is there a tool that would have allowed me to point at the entire 9GB > >directory and said make2 DVDs and fill the first one up, then put the > >rest on the next? I broke my single directory in half manually and > >had to ensure that the files fit. Took me a while to figure out the > >right break point. > > Yes, it is very easy actually. In Midnight Commander, change to the > desired directory, and sort it by size, so that the biggest file is at > first. Then use the <Insert> key to mark as many files until you hit > the, say, 4700 MB barrier. Let's say you have selected 4600 MB worth of > files, and the next file would cause it to go to 4750 MB. Instead of > marking this 150 MB file, you select *the next best file(s)* so that you > remain below the 4700 MB. When done, you move the files to another > directory. > > Repeat the operation with the files that remain in SOURCE until there > are no more files in SOURCE.
I don't think that actually works. There are inefficiencies in the DVD filesystem. (Just like any filesystem.) So when you have a bunch of files (48,500 on my first DVD) you lose some of the capacity. In my case I lost about 100-150 MBs I think. So my first DVD burn failed even though I had less the 4.7GB in my source directory. I think I need a tool that actually understands the what it is doing, not just a manual process. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
