[X4U] Copying a 5.3 gig DVD image?

[Eddie Hargreaves]

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.