Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and large files

[Dale <dalek1967@bellsouth.net>]

Sebastian Günther wrote:
> * Dale (dalek1967@bellsouth.net) [04.07.08 05:25]:
>   
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> After getting the mailing list working I did some techy shopping.  I got me 
>> a new DVD burner and k3b does not like large files.  I used Kbackup to 
>> create a tarball of my data.  K3b gives me a error saying the file is to 
>> large.  I did some googling and searched around on the forums, even posted 
>> on one thread, but I can not figure out how to get this thing to burn.  
>> Will it just not burn large files or what?
>>
>>     
> How big is the tarball?
> # ls -lh <tarball>
>
> Check if you have set the Medium size correctly in K3b. Maybe you try to 
> burn it on a CD...
>
>   
>> root@smoker / # equery list cdr
>> * installed packages
>> [I--] [  ] app-cdr/cdrdao-1.2.2 (0)
>> [I--] [  ] app-cdr/cdrkit-1.1.6 (0)
>> root@smoker / #
>>
>>     
> To be faster than Jörg:
>
> He will advise you to unmerge cdrkit and merge cdrtools, but first 
> please look for the size of the tarball and the options set in K3b
>
>   
>> root@smoker / # emerge -vp k3b
>>
>>     
>
> HTH
> Sebastian
>
>   

I did set it to write to the DVD.  The tarball is about 4Gbs or so.  It 
should fit on the DVD with no problems.  I tried a lot of different 
settings tho.  Still no joy.

I don't think that file will fit on a CD.  LOL 

Maybe this will help:

System
-----------------------
K3b Version: 1.0.4

KDE Version: 3.5.9
QT Version:  3.3.8
Kernel:      2.6.23-gentoo-r8
Devices
-----------------------
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8520B 1.03 (/dev/hdc, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM] 
[CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, 
RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R]

Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A 1.05 (/dev/hdd, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, 
DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM, DVD-R 
Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, DVD-RAM, 
DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R 
Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, 
RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite, Layer Jump]
Burned media
-----------------------
DVD+RW

K3bIsoImager
-----------------------
mkisofs print size result: 423 (866304 bytes)
Pipe throughput: 866304 bytes read, 866304 bytes written.

Used versions
-----------------------
mkisofs: 2.1.1a34
growisofs: 7.1

growisofs
-----------------------
Executing 'builtin_dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=/dev/hdd obs=32k seek=27'
umount: /media/hdd is not in the fstab (and you are not root)
:-( /dev/hdd: unable to proceed with recording: unable to unmount

growisofs command:
-----------------------
/usr/bin/growisofs -C 16,432 -M /dev/hdd=/dev/fd/0 
-use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty 
-use-the-force-luke=tracksize:423 -speed=4 -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m

mkisofs
-----------------------
/usr/bin/mkisofs: Warning: Cannot add inode hints with -no-cache-inodes.
/usr/bin/mkisofs: Warning: Cannot add inode hints with -no-cache-inodes.
423
Rock Ridge signatures found
/usr/bin/mkisofs: Value too large for defined data type. File 
/backup/Wallpaper2_2008.07.03-18.20.32_1.tar is too large for current 
mode - ignoring
Rock Ridge signatures found
/usr/bin/mkisofs: Value too large for defined data type. File 
/backup/Wallpaper2_2008.07.03-18.20.32_1.tar is too large for current 
mode - ignoring
/usr/bin/mkisofs: Warning: Cannot add inode hints with -no-cache-inodes.
Setting input-charset to 'ISO-8859-1' from locale.
Rock Ridge signatures found
/usr/bin/mkisofs: Value too large for defined data type. File 
/backup/Wallpaper2_2008.07.03-18.20.32_1.tar is too large for current 
mode - ignoring
Total translation table size: 0
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 169
Total directory bytes: 238
Path table size(bytes): 10
Max brk space used 21000
423 extents written (0 MB)

mkisofs calculate size command:
-----------------------
/usr/bin/mkisofs -cdrecord-params 16,432 -prev-session /dev/hdd -gui 
-graft-points -print-size -quiet -volid Wallpaper2_2008.07.03-18.20.32_1 
-volset  -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2006 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE 
K3B TEAM -publisher  -preparer  -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 
-volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-dale/k3bLMd7ia.tmp -rational-rock 
-hide-list /tmp/kde-dale/k3bGRKstb.tmp -joliet -joliet-long 
-hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-dale/k3bGlrs1b.tmp -no-cache-inodes -udf 
-full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-dale/k3bbo175b.tmp

mkisofs command:
-----------------------
/usr/bin/mkisofs -cdrecord-params 16,432 -prev-session /dev/hdd -gui 
-graft-points -volid Wallpaper2_2008.07.03-18.20.32_1 -volset  -appid 
K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2006 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM 
-publisher  -preparer  -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort 
/tmp/kde-dale/k3bUa5fVb.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list 
/tmp/kde-dale/k3bxZlVdb.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list 
/tmp/kde-dale/k3baD0Kxb.tmp -no-cache-inodes -udf 
-full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-dale/k3bJazFqa.tmp

Let me know if you need any other info.

Dale

:-)  :-) 


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