From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 4 12:48:26 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9540D16A4CE for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:48:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxsf10.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf10.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2487B43D2D for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:48:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lauasanf@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org) Received: from mxip03.cluster1.charter.net (mxip03a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.133])j14CmOvL031393 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 07:48:25 -0500 Received: from clarksville-24-159-63-245.midtn.chartertn.net (HELO [192.168.1.6]) (24.159.63.245) by mxip03.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 04 Feb 2005 07:48:25 -0500 X-Ironport-AV: i="3.88,178,1102309200"; d="scan'208"; a="594621953:sNHT13296412" Message-ID: <42036557.2000200@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org> Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 06:06:47 -0600 From: Laurence Sanford User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050112) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Neal Nelson , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <6284ab933d2ff6604f58e1d1ae882f1a@kobudo.homeunix.net> <4202579E.5000407@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Dual Layer DVD Writing X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:48:26 -0000 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.