Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:17:20 +0000 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mkisofs and large files Message-ID: <200412081817.20483.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <1102527726.37046.21.camel@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <1102527726.37046.21.camel@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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On Wednesday 08 December 2004 17:42, Paul Mather wrote: > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 04:08:12 +0000, RW > > <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> wrote: > > I've been trying to burn a single large file (a 4.2 GB encrypted gbde > > filesystem within a file) to a DVD, but mkisofs tells me the file is too > > large. > > > > I looked on Google and found that mkisofs had a filesize limit of 2 GB, > > but this was increased to 4 GB, so I dropped the filesize to 4095 MB, but > > it still failed, so I guess the version in ports still has the 2 GB > > limits. > > The mkisofs of sysutils/cdrtools has the 2 GB limitation; the mkisofs > installed by sysutils/cdrtools-devel does not. >... > But, I would issue a big caveat about what you are proposing to do: you > may be able to burn the DVD, but it is likely that you will not be able > to access the large (> 2 GB) file under FreeBSD from the burned disc. Ah, you're right df reports the size correctly, but nothing else works.
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