On 12/5/06, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 12/5/06, Gene Poole <Gene.Poole@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I've got one of my machines off-line so I can do a fresh install of Fedora > Core 6. I needed to save most of the data on the hard drives off to DVD so > I can re-partition. To save space I've done tar gzip on specific branches > of my tree that I needed to save. There is one branch in my tree is > approximately 12.8 GB in size. So I tar gzipped the tree and it came to > about 7.3 GB. So I started burning a dual-layer DVD for this file and > that's when I learned that K3b (I use KDE for my desktop) won't copy a file > larger than 4 GB. > > Using K3b, can I create a ISO image for a dual-layer DVD that contains a > file larger than 4GB, then burn that ISO image to DVD? > > Does anyone know another way? I can un-tar the file and try to create > several tar files that are smaller than 4 GB. But, shouldn't I be able to > process a single file larger than 4 GB? You could just use split to cut the file in half, and then you'd be under the 4GB file limit. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
Don't forget: There is only 4.7 GB available on single layer DVD media. For time and hassle it's easier and faster to buy/build an external USB hard drive and use it for backup. You can get 200-300 GB external units for under $100.
