Re: DVDs created with too large files
>From: Lourens Veen <lourens@rainbowdesert.net>
>> > * The ISO-9660 filesystem only stores 32 bits for file size.
>>
>> But the ISO-9660 _standard_ stores 32 bits for the size of each
>> _extent_ and there can be a virtually unlimited number of
>> _extents_ in a single file at ISO-9660 Interchange Level 3.
>But can a file span multiple extents? The way I read the comment
>Gary quoted, it's legal to have an image that is over 2GB in size,
>as long as each file inside that image is no larger than 2GB. I
>haven't actually read the spec though.
>But then the whole comment seems odd. It looks to me like the
>WARNING was added later, and written by Jörg. That seems to me like
>the only logical way to explain why the comment says it's legal,
>but the code claims it's illegal to have files that are more than
>2GB in size.
>Lastly, at the top of the file, there is
> * 1998 Eric Lammerts - ISO 9660 Level 3
>so apparently at least someone looked at ISO Level 3 support. I'd
>say send a message to linux-kernel and see what they say about
>it...
You should ask him why he did not test his code....
If he did test it, then the mount induced limitation would have gone
long ago.
Jörg
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