On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:16:18 -0400 Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:
> If you're looking for growisofs (which is the impression I'm > getting from some of the earlier posts to this thread), it's > included in dvd+-rw-tools, which is a package that is > definitely in Lenny and may or may not be in Etch (sorry, > I'm lazy). > > Note that I discovered this with an "apt-cache search" for > growisofs--it pulled up the correct result despite growisofs > not being the name of the package. It's a very useful tool > if you don't mind a little terminal. Yep. You're right, growisofs is within dvd+rw-tools. However, dvd +rw-tools is already installed, so growisofs is not the solution. I first ran into this problem a few weeks ago on Ubuntu Edgy. If I recall correctly, I googled and did not discover anything that sounded like a solution. I did discover that mkisofs had a file size limit of 2 GB and growisofs was the upgrade to increase it to 4 GB. I was hoping that Etch would finally bring us up to current standards. :( It sounds like the legendary "640K ought to be enough for anyone." (OK, that is popularly attributed to Gates, but in fact, he never said it.) Nevertheless, I am frustrated and I can't understand why I am facing a file size limit that is seriously out of date. Maybe there is a real reason for limiting the file size and I don't grasp what it is because I'm not a programmer. All I know is that I have a two double layer DVD drives in the new computer that I just built and each double layer DVD can hold over 8 GB. And if I wanted to get a blue ray drive it could hold vastly more. So it's time for Linux to move up. I have been using Ubuntu for the past year on my laptop, and it's my first foray into Linux. When I built the new computer I set up several partitions in order to play with different distros. I wanted to gain more experience. I tried CentOS, Fedora 7, Mandriva, OpenSUSE and a couple more. Finally Etch was released so I tried it, and I have to say, I am ready to dump all the RPM distros. When I started working with Etch I was back home again. Mostly I love Synaptic. In the past I kvetched about Synaptic now and then, but after trying RPM distros, I take back all the bad things I said about Synaptic. Debian rules! OK, Ubuntu Feisty final will be released on the 19th. Actually, as I write this it is just before 6 pm PST, which means that it is already the 19th in Europe. Ubuntu's main site confirms that it will be released "tomorrow." There is a mirror at my university and I can take my laptop with an ethernet cable and get it super fast. As soon as I have it on a CD I'm going to install it and take it for a spin. I can tell y'all this -- the new computer is going to be Feisty or Etch. Or maybe I'll leave both on it and dual boot. But if Feisty has cracked the 4 GB file size limit on writing DVDs, that will probably turn my head toward Feisty. I need to do this all the time. Meantime, I'll get past the current problem by splitting the file in two as suggested by Kamaraju (thanks!). I can put both pieces on the same CD, since each piece will be well under 4 GB. But if anyone has any other suggestions that might get past the 4 GB file size limit, I'm all ears. Thanks for the suggestions. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
