[X4U] Copying a 5.3 gig DVD image?

Paul Moortgat paul.moortgat at pandora.be
Mon Feb 13 07:56:26 PST 2006


Why 1 disc?  Use 2.  It's a few $$ cheaper :)

Paul Moortgat

On 13 Feb 2006, at 16:42, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:

> 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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