On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 11:56:47PM +0200, Andy Polyakov wrote:
> > I've recently tried writing a [data] DVD+RW containing two large
> >files of over 2 GiB each. mkisofs generates an apparently correct ISO
> >9660 image -- I can mount it via loopback and read the files:
> >
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 hrm media 2275737600 2004-05-16 23:41
> >Sea-of-Souls-1.mpeg
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 hrm media 2284208128 2004-05-16 14:13
> >Sea-of-Souls-2.mpeg
> >
> > When I write the image to a DVD+RW, both files appear on the DVD,
> >but their lengths are incorrect:
> >
> >-r--r--r-- 1 root root 10813440 2004-05-16 23:41
> >Sea-of-Souls-1.mpeg
> >-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2506752 2004-05-16 14:13
> >Sea-of-Souls-2.mpeg
>
> It's known Linux isofs deficiency. I personally recommend to stick to
> files smaller than 2G-1 (see
> http://lists.debian.org/cdwrite/2003/12/msg00101.html for example) to
> *ensure* maximum interoperability. I realize that it might be
> inappropriate in some particular situation such as is. If you absolutely
> must have files larger than 2G master with -udf option and mount volume
> as udf instead of isofs. A.
All becomes clear. Thank you. I'm now using -udf.
Hugo.
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