Re: Cannot write file > 1GB to DVD-RAM : any way to fix?

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

Frank Miles wrote:
> I changed how I was backing up my system, and now need to write larger
> files
> to my Panasonic LF-D521 DVD-RAM (backup drive).  Unfortunately it chokes a
> bit over 1GB, reporting that the file size is too large.  'umount'ing takes
> a really long time as well.
> 
> The disk[s] have been formatted with the udf file system.
> This problem occurs with each of the several disks that I tried.
> 
> Any suggestions on how I can store larger files?

I use ext2 on etch and files of more than 2GB are saved without problems
(sensing that it's not really useful to use a journal on DVD-ram). I
don't remember why I stopped using udf, but ext2 works fine.

HTH,
Johannes