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Cc: Bartosz Stec <admin@kkip.pl>
Subject: Re: Burning DVD with files>4GB from console
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David Kelly wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 10:48:54AM +0100, Bartosz Stec 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).
> 
> Since when did FreeBSD (or growisofs) have a 2GB/4GB filesize limit? I
> have burned 4.3GB DVDs several times.

I never had a problem writing huge files.  But I did have a problem 
subsequently reading it with Windows XP.  Maybe the file size 
restriction is a Windows thing.