DVD burnning: image does not fit on a disc.

John Wendel john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil
Tue Dec 27 22:11:45 UTC 2005


Strong wrote:
> Using k3b-0.12.10 I get the error:
> 
> KDE Version: 3.5.0-0.1.fc4 Red Hat
> QT Version:  3.3.4
> Kernel:      2.6.12-prep
> Devices
> -----------------------
> _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A 1.04 (/dev/hdc, ) at /mnt/dvdrom [CD-R; CD-RW;
> CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM;
> DVD-R Sequential; DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential;
> DVD+RW; DVD+R; DVD+R Double Layer; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW;
> SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R; Restricted Overwrite]
> 
> Used versions
> -----------------------
> growisofs: 5.21
> 
> growisofs
> -----------------------
> Executing 'builtin_dd if=/pub/DVD burn/2i_pictures.iso of=/dev/hdc
> obs=32k seek=0' :-( /dev/hdc: 2298496 blocks are free, 2315201 to be
> written!
> 
> growisofs command:
> -----------------------
> /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdc=/pub/DVD burn/2i_pictures.iso
> -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty
> -use-the-force-luke=dao -dvd-compat -speed=4 
> 
> Am I to understand that the image exceeds disc in just ~17kb?!
> What is the size with which I can create my iso-files to burn it on
> another machine and be sure it fits a disc size!? Thank You!
> 

Looks to me (and my calculator) that you are 32 MB over the limit, not 
17 KB. You're 16,705 blocks over and I think "block" = 2048 bytes.

Regards,

John




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