[Linux-disciples] dvd partial burning

[Nirmal Trivedi]

So I did succeed in burning using the same growisofs command as before.
The problem seems to be with files over 2GB. In one experiment, I burned
a 1.8GB file onto one DVD-RW, which worked perfectly. I then tried to
add another session onto the same DVD with a 2.0GB. Strangely, it
changed the size of the 1.8GB file into 11MB and the 2.0GB file showed
up as 9MB. 

So, for now I'm just burning files under 2GB, which solved my problem
for the time being. If someone could explain the puzzle, I'd be
grateful. Like I mentioned before, the files are definitely being burned
(looking at the back of the DVD and the time it takes to burn).

--Nirmal  

On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 12:20, Adam Kessel wrote:
> It looks like you're giving a filename, rather than a directory name as
> the target of growisofs.  Shouldn't the target be the directory in which
> the file you want to burn lives?
> 
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 11:55:34AM -0500, Nirmal Trivedi wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 10:30, Adam Kessel wrote:
> > > Have you tried using -v and/or -vv?  I don't actually have growisofs,
> > but
> > > I believe it has the same options as mkisofs.  -v is verbose and -vv
> > is
> > > very verbose.
> > 
> > I did run the command with -v and got the same result, this time with a
> > DVD+RW. Before, I was using DVD+R (2 of them).
> > 
> > Here's the output: (the space just gave me the percentage done and
> > estimated time of completion).
> > 
> > qalem:/home/ntrivedi# growisofs -v -Z /dev/scd0 -R -J
> > /home/ntrivedi/movies/red.avi 
> > WARNING: /dev/scd0 already carries isofs!
> > About to execute 'mkisofs -v -R -J /home/ntrivedi/movies/red.avi |
> > builtin_dd of=/dev/scd0 obs=32k seek=0'
> > mkisofs 2.01a25-inofficial-iconv (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
> > Writing:   Initial Padbock                         Start Block 0
> > Done with: Initial Padbock                         Block(s)    16
> > Writing:   Primary Volume Descriptor               Start Block 16
> > Done with: Primary Volume Descriptor               Block(s)    1
> > Writing:   Joliet Volume Descriptor                Start Block 17
> > Done with: Joliet Volume Descriptor                Block(s)    1
> > Writing:   End Volume Descriptor                   Start Block 18
> > Done with: End Volume Descriptor                   Block(s)    1
> > Writing:   Version block                           Start Block 19
> > Done with: Version block                           Block(s)    1
> > Writing:   Path table                              Start Block 20
> > Done with: Path table                              Block(s)    4
> > Writing:   Joliet path table                       Start Block 24
> > Done with: Joliet path table                       Block(s)    4
> > Writing:   Directory tree                          Start Block 28
> > Done with: Directory tree                          Block(s)    1
> > Writing:   Joliet directory tree                   Start Block 29
> > Done with: Joliet directory tree                   Block(s)    1
> > Writing:   Directory tree cleanup                  Start Block 30
> > Done with: Directory tree cleanup                  Block(s)    0
> > Writing:   Extension record                        Start Block 30
> > Done with: Extension record                        Block(s)    1
> > Writing:   The File(s)                             Start Block 31
> > /dev/scd0: "Current Write Speed" is 2.4x1385KBps.
> > 
> > 
> > Total translation table size: 0
> > Total rockridge attributes bytes: 248
> > Total directory bytes: 0
> > Path table size(bytes): 10
> > Done with: The File(s)                             Block(s)    1053382
> > Writing:   Ending Padblock                         Start Block 1053413
> > Done with: Ending Padblock                         Block(s)    150
> > Max brk space used 21000
> > 1053563 extents written (2057 Mb)
> > builtin_dd: 1053568*2KB out
> > /dev/scd0: flushing cache
> > /dev/scd0: stopping de-icing
> > /dev/scd0: writing lead-out
> > /dev/scd0: reloading tray
> > 
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