Re: dvd+rw-tools-5.20.4.10.8: File is too large

[Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se>]

> > mkisofs: Value too large for defined data type. File
> > /tmp/backup-04082004.tar.gz is too large - ignoring
> > root@server:/tmp# ls -l /tmp/backup-04082004.tar.gz
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root     2930771449 Aug  4 11:06
> > /tmp/backup-04082004.tar.gz
>
>  
> In general, this restriction is quite wise, since reading of a
> file >= 2GB from ISO file systems is known to fail on many
> existing systems.
>
> Andy Polyakov states in http://lists.debian.org/cdwrite/2004/03/msg00158.html
> "Once again. Keep in mind that Linux isofs implementation is deficient in
> such way which effectively limits maximum file size to 2G-1 byte. ...
> as it was discussed serveral times on this list."

My standpoint is also depicted at 
http://lists.debian.org/cdwrite/2003/12/msg00101.html.

> > I think there is a kernel patch to be in 2.6.8 which removes this.
>
> If this provides remedy for the Linux isofs limitations mentioned
> by Andy then this would be a very desirable thing.

Generally speaking advice is to value your ISOFS backups! You don't know 
where you would *have to* access backuped data, so stick to 2GB-2KB 
fragments without regards to *anything*. A.