Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:02:10 +0100 From: Bartosz Stec <admin@kkip.pl> To: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Burning DVD with files>4GB from console Message-ID: <4938EE12.4060609@kkip.pl> In-Reply-To: <493801F5.2050009@math.missouri.edu> References: <4937A786.9080403@kkip.pl> <20081204154507.GA18645@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <493801F5.2050009@math.missouri.edu>
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Stephen Montgomery-Smith pisze: > 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. Nope. I am burning my backups from Windows, and they're readable both from Windows and FreeBSD. FreeBSD just doesn't let me burn them directly :) -- Bartosz Stec
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