One of the most annoying limitation in Linux Multimedia is that you can't burn a single file >4Gb in a DVD. Try yourself with your favorite GUI: K3b, Brasero, Gnomebaker,.. Fortunatly CLI can help in this task.

K3b support UDF filesystem but the >4gb limitation is still there.
Some debug information with Brasero:
process (BraseroGrowisofs) launching command
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: Executing 'genisoimage -r -input-charset utf8 -graft-points
-D -path-list /tmp/brasero_tmp_5Ymlcj/brasero_tmp_214J0T -exclude-list /tmp/brasero_tmp_5Ymlcj/brasero_tmp_E34J0T
-V MI3 -A Brasero-0.6.1 -sysid LINUX -v | builtin_dd of=/dev/hdc obs=32k seek=0'
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: genisoimage 1.1.6 (Linux)
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: File /media/hdb1/big_file.mkv is larger than 4GiB-1.
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: HUP
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: -allow-limited-size was not specified. There is no way do represent this file size.
Aborting.
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: :-( write failed: Input/output error
Here are the step by step instructions (You need to install before udftools)
dd if=/dev/zero of=file.iso bs=1024 count=4589800
mkudffs file.iso
mkdir /media/tmpdvd # if you haven't already a directory
mount -o loop -t udf file.iso /media/tmpdvd
cp big_file /media/tmpdvd
umount /media/tmpdvd
Burn file.iso with the GUI you prefer, but not with Nautilus-cd-burner because it validates the ISO format.
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It doesn't work for me :((
Hi ! Here is what I wanted to copy on DVD :
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ls -l
total 4368848
-rw------- 1 vio vio 43107616 2008-02-25 20:43 Manager08.exe
-rw------- 1 vio vio 4426151936 2008-02-25 21:00 pro-fifam08.mdf
-rw------- 1 vio vio 38114 2008-02-25 20:43 pro-fifam08.mds
-rw------- 1 vio vio 24 2008-02-25 20:43 Serial.txt
-rw------- 1 vio vio 26 2008-02-25 20:43 ToPeTorrent - Tu web de Bittorrent.txt
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I have tried your tutorial , but I receive the following error :
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cp -v *.* /media/tmpdvd
`Manager08.exe' -> `/media/tmpdvd/Manager08.exe'
`pro-fifam08.mdf' -> `/media/tmpdvd/pro-fifam08.mdf'
File size limit exceeded
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What should I do ? I have Debian 4.0r2 installed on a 2.6.18-4-686 kernel . What have you done when you succeeded ?
Thanks in advance ! Have a better day :))
Try see this link:
Try see this link: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/file-size-limit-exceeded-error-under-linux-...
Still doesn't work
Hi ! Thanks for the link , I have read all the article but I don't have any limitations ; here is the output :
ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
max nice (-e) 0
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals (-i) unlimited
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) unlimited
max rt priority (-r) 0
stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) unlimited
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks (-x) unlimited
What should I do ? :((
Try with another kernel or
Try with another kernel or with a liveCD..
Thx !
Thx for the idea ! I'll try it asap next week I will "report" :)) Have a better day and sorry for the late !
Worked for me.
Thank you. These step by step instructions were exactly what I was looking for. And burning a huge files by this way worked well.