[X4U] Copying a 5.3 gig DVD image?

Eddie Hargreaves meged at earthlink.net
Mon Feb 13 07:42:48 PST 2006


How could those two parts be burned to a single disc?


On 2/13/06 12:20 AM, Paul Moortgat <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote:

> Can't you cut it in two parts with Dropstuff?
> 
> Paul Moortgat
> 
> On 13 Feb 2006, at 08:54, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:
> 
>> On 2/12/06 9:23 PM, Jeff Porten <civitan at jeffporten.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I have a client who wants to burn a backup of his iBook G4 install
>>> DVD -- but it mounts with a file size of 5.3 gigs.  We tried to use
>>> hdiutil to compress the image we made of the disk, but it's still
>>> over 5 gigs.
>>> 
>>> Any ideas?  This is a normal, everyday DVD, no dual-layer or BluRay
>>> or anything like that.
>> 
>> Actually, it probably is a dual-layer DVD if the file size of the  disc is
>> greater than 4.7GB. I know that the new iLife '06 comes on a dual- layer DVD,
>> which is why folks without dual-layer burners cannot create a  backup of it.




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