Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:05:05 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 3G file burns to -514M file on DVD-R Message-ID: <200506182305.05505.algould@datawok.com>
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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
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