[X4U] Copying a 5.3 gig DVD image?

[Paul Moortgat]

You're right about this.  It can't.  I had never the idea that he  
would start with it.  It was just as a non working backup.

Paul Moortgat

On 13 Feb 2006, at 17:52, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:

> How could you boot from 2 discs?
>
>
> On 2/13/06 7:56 AM, Paul Moortgat <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote:
>
>> 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.