Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 06:06:47 -0600 From: Laurence Sanford <lauasanf@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org> To: Neal Nelson <nealie@kobudo.homeunix.net>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual Layer DVD Writing Message-ID: <42036557.2000200@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <b1ac7c80bb18281788bc0ede67247b29@kobudo.homeunix.net> References: <6284ab933d2ff6604f58e1d1ae882f1a@kobudo.homeunix.net> <4202579E.5000407@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org> <b1ac7c80bb18281788bc0ede67247b29@kobudo.homeunix.net>
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Neal Nelson wrote: > > On 3 Feb 2005, at 17:55, Laurence Sanford wrote: > >> Neal Nelson wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know how to write to a dual layer DVD? >>> >>> growisofs just complains that a file I want to write is too large >>> and ignores it. The web site just says that dual layer writing is >>> supported and doesn't say that I need to do anything special and the >>> man pages are silent on this aspect. >> >> >> >> If the file you are writing is larger than (700MB?) it won't write on >> anything. If you're trying to write one big 7 gig file, it won't >> work. If you have 7 gigs worth of files smaller than 700 meg each, >> then it should work just fine. >> > Well that's not correct as I've already written 3.9G files. It just > balks at a 4.9G file, even though I have dual-layer media in a > dual-layer capable drive. > > Mind you, the drive also claims to be ATA-66 as well whereas > 5.3-Stable thinks it's just ATA-33. > > > Hmm. Well, mine ignores anything over 700 MB that's a single file. I must admit though, the machine that's doing that only has a single layer writer in it. You might double check or swap out your cable on that drive - it might make all the difference as far as how it's detected.
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