Re: 3G file burns to -514M file on DVD-R
Andrew L. Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 19 June 2005 07:15 am, Fabian Keil wrote: Andrew L. Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a gzip'd database backup file that's 3GB in size. I used mkisofs to create an iso image for burning to a DVD-R. Both the mkisofs and growisofs process appeared to finish successfully; but 'ls -alh' shows the resulting file to be -514M in size when the DVD-R is mounted in FreeBSD 4.10. When I mount the dvd in a separate FreeBSD 5.4 system, ls -alh results in 'ls: /cdrom/pgdumpall.gz: Value too large to be stored in data type'. I ftp'd the original 3GB file from the FreeBSD 4.10 system to the FreeBSD 5.4 system. ls -alh reads the size of the original file correctly. Windows reads the DVD-R and shows the file size correctly. I've tried recreating the iso image using -r and -l options and burning the iso file with and without the -dvd-compat option; but the results remain the same. Split your backup file before creating the iso. At the moment FreeBSD can't handle big files on isofs. If I remember correctly, big means 1 GB, but I'm not sure. You should still be able to extract the file with isoinfo from the cdrtools port. Once I've burned the DVD, how can I rejoin the files created using the -split-output option so that I can reload the database from the dump file? The man pages for mkisofs, isoinfo and split weren't very helpful in this regard. You misunderstood the -split-output option. It splits the image itself, so that it can be saved on file systems which have trouble with big files. I guess files splitted with split(1) can be rebuild with cat, haven't tried it though. Fabian -- http://www.fabiankeil.de/ pgptkqYn2IElX.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 3G file burns to -514M file on DVD-R
Andrew L. Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a gzip'd database backup file that's 3GB in size. I used mkisofs to create an iso image for burning to a DVD-R. Both the mkisofs and growisofs process appeared to finish successfully; but 'ls -alh' shows the resulting file to be -514M in size when the DVD-R is mounted in FreeBSD 4.10. When I mount the dvd in a separate FreeBSD 5.4 system, ls -alh results in 'ls: /cdrom/pgdumpall.gz: Value too large to be stored in data type'. I ftp'd the original 3GB file from the FreeBSD 4.10 system to the FreeBSD 5.4 system. ls -alh reads the size of the original file correctly. Windows reads the DVD-R and shows the file size correctly. I've tried recreating the iso image using -r and -l options and burning the iso file with and without the -dvd-compat option; but the results remain the same. Any ideas or advice? Split your backup file before creating the iso. At the moment FreeBSD can't handle big files on isofs. If I remember correctly, big means 1 GB, but I'm not sure. You should still be able to extract the file with isoinfo from the cdrtools port. Fabian -- http://www.fabiankeil.de/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 3G file burns to -514M file on DVD-R
On Sunday 19 June 2005 07:15 am, Fabian Keil wrote: Andrew L. Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a gzip'd database backup file that's 3GB in size. I used mkisofs to create an iso image for burning to a DVD-R. Both the mkisofs and growisofs process appeared to finish successfully; but 'ls -alh' shows the resulting file to be -514M in size when the DVD-R is mounted in FreeBSD 4.10. When I mount the dvd in a separate FreeBSD 5.4 system, ls -alh results in 'ls: /cdrom/pgdumpall.gz: Value too large to be stored in data type'. I ftp'd the original 3GB file from the FreeBSD 4.10 system to the FreeBSD 5.4 system. ls -alh reads the size of the original file correctly. Windows reads the DVD-R and shows the file size correctly. I've tried recreating the iso image using -r and -l options and burning the iso file with and without the -dvd-compat option; but the results remain the same. Any ideas or advice? Split your backup file before creating the iso. At the moment FreeBSD can't handle big files on isofs. If I remember correctly, big means 1 GB, but I'm not sure. You should still be able to extract the file with isoinfo from the cdrtools port. Fabian Once I've burned the DVD, how can I rejoin the files created using the -split-output option so that I can reload the database from the dump file? The man pages for mkisofs, isoinfo and split weren't very helpful in this regard. Thanks, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 3G file burns to -514M file on DVD-R
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:28:06 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions Any ideas or advice? Split your backup file before creating the iso. At the moment FreeBSD can't handle big files on isofs. If I remember correctly, big means 1 GB, but I'm not sure. You should still be able to extract the file with isoinfo from the cdrtools port. Fabian Once I've burned the DVD, how can I rejoin the files created using the -split-output option so that I can reload the database from the dump file? The man pages for mkisofs, isoinfo and split weren't very helpful in this regard. On the subject of DVD backups, I have found them to be somewhat lossy over time. For my large database backups, I use rar out of the ports and add recovery records in the archive (-rr) and and split them using its volume feature. I also use par2 to further add redundancy and it has saved my ass a couple of times when I went to get a backup from the year before. from a script I use /usr/local/bin/rar a -r -v45M -rr -p$PASS /backup/root/iso/acctDB.rar /sql-mnt/ /usr/local/bin/par2create -r20 /backup/root/iso/parfiles.par2 /backup/root/iso/*.rar The databases compress down to about 3G on the DVDs across 45MB files. par2 then creates recovery files that allow for upto 20% damage to the DVD. To restore the files, rar x acctDB.rar ---Mike Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net Providing Internet Access since 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED], (http://www.tancsa.com) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3G file burns to -514M file on DVD-R
I have a gzip'd database backup file that's 3GB in size. I used mkisofs to create an iso image for burning to a DVD-R. Both the mkisofs and growisofs process appeared to finish successfully; but 'ls -alh' shows the resulting file to be -514M in size when the DVD-R is mounted in FreeBSD 4.10. When I mount the dvd in a separate FreeBSD 5.4 system, ls -alh results in 'ls: /cdrom/pgdumpall.gz: Value too large to be stored in data type'. I ftp'd the original 3GB file from the FreeBSD 4.10 system to the FreeBSD 5.4 system. ls -alh reads the size of the original file correctly. Windows reads the DVD-R and shows the file size correctly. I've tried recreating the iso image using -r and -l options and burning the iso file with and without the -dvd-compat option; but the results remain the same. Any ideas or advice? Thanks, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
