DVD burnning: image does not fit on a disc.

Kenny Gow kgfedora at swbell.net
Tue Dec 27 22:07:26 UTC 2005


Strong wrote:
> obs=32k seek=0' :-( /dev/hdc: 2298496 blocks are free, 2315201 to be
> written!
> 
> What is the size with which I can create my iso-files to burn it on
> 

DVD-R and DVD+R standards [1]

2,295,104 sectors x 2048 bytes/sector = 4.700.372.992 bytes

so you are 2315201 - 2295104 = 20097 sectors (41158656 bytes)

over the limit

[1] How much information can actually be stored on writable DVD discs?
	http://www.osta.org/technology/dvdqa/dvdqa6.htm
	(scroll down the page to see the table)




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