Update: Oversized DVD problem (Re: Problem burning FC3T2 x86_64 DVD ISO)

Mazli Alias cylon at streamyx.com
Wed Sep 22 00:34:34 UTC 2004


Michel Salim wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:21:37 +0200, shrek-m at gmx.de <shrek-m at gmx.de> wrote:
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>>Michel Salim wrote:
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>>>Answering myself, growisofs works for burning oversized DVDs (very
>>>unintuitive name), but in this case it failed. Guess I have to
>>>download the CD ISOs instead.
>>>
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>>>
>>the dvd-iso is ok?
>>$ md5sum -c MD5SUM
>>
>># growisofs -speed=2 -dvd-compat -Z /dev/hdd=/path/to/image.iso
>>does not work?
>>
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>Oh, do I have to pass -Z? Ah, according to the manual, -Z is for
>initial session setup.. and the DVD is actually readable when burned
>without -Z, it's just that linux mediacheck fails.
>
>I really would not mind if the final release comes to one DVD and one
>CD, really.. it's much preferable to have a DVD image that is
>guaranteed to burn on standard media.
>
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I used k3b and set "Allow Overburning" in the advance tab under Writing 
Settings. It works.





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