On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 10:23 +0100, Harald Arnesen wrote: > Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 23:14 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:00:08 -0700, Joseph wrote: > >> > >> > If I use: > >> > dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso > >> > I only get about 2Gb file and it stops or freezes, the disk is bout > >> > 4.3Gb > >> > >> Is it the same size every time? Is is the same with different discs? It > >> could be a fault on the disc. I usually use "cp /dev/dvd file.iso" but dd > >> has always worked for me in the past, albeit slightly slower (even with a > >> larger block size). > > > > Yes, almost the same size. > > I know there is a file size limit on ext2 but I'm using ext3, so there > > shouldn't be a problem. > > If I try "cp /dev/hdc file.iso" I get an error: > > cp: reading "/dev/hdc' : Input/output error > > Have you verified that your file system supports files larger than 2GB? > Try the following: > > $ dd if=/dev/zero of=largefile bs=1M count=5000 > -- > Hilsen Harald.
Yes, that command worked, it gave me 5Gb file -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
