On 10/16/07, Jorge Fábregas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello guys, > > I need to split a big tar into a couple of files so I can burn them on DVD+R > media. I use Nero for this because it allows me to use UDF as the filesystem > (allowing me to burn one BIG file). > > Considering that a DVD+R holds 4483MB (without overburn), how big should I > split my big file? I want to burn AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE but I need to consider > the filesystem overhead. Thus, I can't do this: > > split -b 4483m bigFile.tar > > Is there an easy way to figure out this? If it was an iso9660 I'd just create > an ISO file and figure out the difference between payload (my actual data) > and the filesystem overhead..but this is UDF. I just found out about mkudffs > but it doesn't work like mkisofs...need to figure out that one. > > Thanks! > Jorge
A slightly different question. Yesterday I had 9GBs of small files (about 115,000 files in one dir) to burn to DVD. Too big to fit on a single Dual Layer DVD by a few hundred GB, and almost too big to fit on 2 single layer DVDs. Is there a tool that would have allowed me to point at the entire 9GB directory and said make2 DVDs and fill the first one up, then put the rest on the next? I broke my single directory in half manually and had to ensure that the files fit. Took me a while to figure out the right break point. FYI: I needed the result to be in a standard format, not an archive format. ie. I was giving the DVDs to a client and they needed to be able to do a simple drag&drop from windows to get to the data on to their machine. Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
