[opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-29 Thread Mike McMullin
I'm trying to copy a data DVD (Debian Sarge actually)using the command: dd if=/dev/hdb of=debiansarge.iso and it is failing with the following error: File size limit exceeded df gives this info for the partition usage: /dev/hda2 19533504 4194320 15339184 22% /mnt/unknownLinux

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-29 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Mike McMullin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to copy a data DVD (Debian Sarge actually)using the > command: > dd if=/dev/hdb of=debiansarge.iso > > and it is failing with the following error: > File size limit exceeded > > df gives this info for the partition usage: > /dev/hda2

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-29 Thread Scott Jones
On Thursday 30 November 2006 01:11, Mike McMullin wrote: > I'm trying to copy a data DVD (Debian Sarge actually)using the > command: > dd if=/dev/hdb of=debiansarge.iso > > and it is failing with the following error: > File size limit exceeded > > df gives this info for the partition usage: >

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-29 Thread Darryl Gregorash
On 2006-11-30 01:27, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > And fat32 cannot copy with files > 2 GB, > > Some day, I would dearly love if someone could explain to my why anyone would write any software that uses a signed integer for something that can never be negative -- any takers? :-) -- The best way to a

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-29 Thread jdd
Darryl Gregorash a écrit : On 2006-11-30 01:27, Andreas Jaeger wrote: And fat32 cannot copy with files > 2 GB, Some day, I would dearly love if someone could explain to my why anyone would write any software that uses a signed integer for something that can never be negative -- any takers?

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Riess
Scott Jones schrieb: > On Thursday 30 November 2006 01:11, Mike McMullin wrote: > >> I'm trying to copy a data DVD (Debian Sarge actually)using the >> command: >> dd if=/dev/hdb of=debiansarge.iso >> >> and it is failing with the following error: >> File size limit exceeded >> >> df gives thi

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread Darryl Gregorash
On 2006-11-30 01:45, jdd wrote: > Darryl Gregorash a écrit : >> On 2006-11-30 01:27, Andreas Jaeger wrote: >>> And fat32 cannot copy with files > 2 GB, >>> >>> >> Some day, I would dearly love if someone could explain to my why anyone >> would write any software that uses a signed integer for so

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2006-11-30 at 01:39 -0600, Darryl Gregorash wrote: > On 2006-11-30 01:27, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > > And fat32 cannot copy with files > 2 GB, > > > Some day, I would dearly love if someone could explain to my why anyone > would write a

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread Scott Jones
On Thursday 30 November 2006 02:02, Michael Riess wrote: > Scott Jones schrieb: > > On Thursday 30 November 2006 01:11, Mike McMullin wrote: > >> it's a fat32 partition, unused except for my trying to create this file. > > > > FAT32 has a max filesize of 2GB. > > FAT16 has a max filesize of < 2GB.

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread M Harris
On Thursday 30 November 2006 05:28, Carlos E. R. wrote: > In dos, negative numbers were used sometimes as the resturn code of > functions (instead of the expected size) to indicate the error code. yup ... and which negative number depended upon which error... typically a non-zero

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 08:27 +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > Mike McMullin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm trying to copy a data DVD (Debian Sarge actually)using the > > command: > > dd if=/dev/hdb of=debiansarge.iso > > > > and it is failing with the following error: > > File size limit ex

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 09:04 -0600, Scott Jones wrote: > On Thursday 30 November 2006 02:02, Michael Riess wrote: > > > Scott Jones schrieb: > > > On Thursday 30 November 2006 01:11, Mike McMullin wrote: > > >> it's a fat32 partition, unused except for my trying to create this file. > > > > > > FAT

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread jdd
Mike McMullin a écrit : He's beginning to wish he'd never set that partition up as an exchange media between XP and Linux. there is a very good ext2/3 native driver for XP, and it's OSS, better use this jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/mediawiki/index.php/GPS_Lowrance_GO -- To

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 19:44 +0100, jdd wrote: > there is a very good ext2/3 native driver for XP, and it's > OSS, better use this Which one, do you have a link? Thanks Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread jdd
Hans du Plooy a écrit : On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 19:44 +0100, jdd wrote: there is a very good ext2/3 native driver for XP, and it's OSS, better use this Which one, do you have a link? Thanks Hans ext2ifs jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/mediawiki/index.php/GPS_Lowrance_GO -- To un

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 23:07 +0100, jdd wrote: > ext2ifs Fantastic! Thanks Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread jdd
Hans du Plooy a écrit : On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 23:07 +0100, jdd wrote: ext2ifs Fantastic! :-) as a side note, this afternoon I had to pull out the usb drive from my linux box and did this on the fast way (no sync stop before) I couldn't open the ext3 partition with XP. I connected the d

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread Greg Freemyer
On 11/30/06, jdd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hans du Plooy a écrit : > On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 23:07 +0100, jdd wrote: >> ext2ifs > > Fantastic! :-) as a side note, this afternoon I had to pull out the usb drive from my linux box and did this on the fast way (no sync stop before) I couldn't open

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-11-30 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 19:44 +0100, jdd wrote: > Mike McMullin a écrit : > > > He's beginning to wish he'd never set that partition up as an exchange > > media between XP and Linux. > > > there is a very good ext2/3 native driver for XP, and it's > OSS, better use this Sorry but there's no way

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-12-01 Thread jdd
Mike McMullin a écrit : On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 19:44 +0100, jdd wrote: Mike McMullin a écrit : He's beginning to wish he'd never set that partition up as an exchange media between XP and Linux. there is a very good ext2/3 native driver for XP, and it's OSS, better use this Sorry but there

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-12-01 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 00:07 +0100, jdd wrote: > I couldn't open the ext3 partition with XP. I was going to ask about that. What handles when you write to an ext3 in Windows (obviously mounted as ext2) and then go back to linux? Does it just update the journal? Thanks Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-m

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-12-01 Thread jdd
Hans du Plooy a écrit : On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 00:07 +0100, jdd wrote: I couldn't open the ext3 partition with XP. I was going to ask about that. What handles when you write to an ext3 in Windows (obviously mounted as ext2) and then go back to linux? Does it just update the journal? nothing

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-12-01 Thread Greg Freemyer
On 12/1/06, jdd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hans du Plooy a écrit : > On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 00:07 +0100, jdd wrote: >> I couldn't open the ext3 partition with XP. > I was going to ask about that. What handles when you write to an ext3 > in Windows (obviously mounted as ext2) and then go back to l

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-12-01 Thread jdd
Greg Freemyer a écrit : unmounted it effectively becomes a EXT2 filesystem with an extraneous empty journal. I would expect Windows EXT2 drivers to work in pure EXT2 mode and totally ignore the journal. may be it's a bit different, the old (one year) version of etx2ifs didn't accept ext3 at

Re: [opensuse] DVD disk image

2006-12-01 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2006-12-01 at 19:13 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 00:07 +0100, jdd wrote: > > I couldn't open the ext3 partition with XP. > I was going to ask about that. What handles when you write to an ext3 > in Windows (obviousl