[KLUG Members] CD / DVD burning

[Bruce Smith]

> > > How can I burn a 2.9 GB file to a DVD.
> > > mkisofs reports that the file is ignored because it is too large.
> 
> under rh9 mkisofs gave the error that the file was too big.
> under Suse 9.1 it doesn't give the error but the effect is the same.
> When I burn the DVD or when I mount the iso with the loop option the
> 2.9GB file is only 7+MB and diff fails.
>
> > Is it really mkisofs that's giving the error, or cdrecord?  I ran
> > mkisofs on my SuSE 9.2 system on a 2.5GB file and it works fine.
> 
> Did you try mounting the iso? What options did you make it with?

No, I didn't mount the ISO.  Exactly what options did you give to
mkisofs so I can try it exactly the same as you?

 - BS