File too large for DVD

Peter Garrett peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Mon Jul 30 21:01:22 UTC 2007


On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:45:50 -0400
alex <aradsky at ne.rr.com> wrote:

> Njoku, George O. wrote:
> > Try ....
> >
> >
> > #cdrecord -v dev=<device> -speed=<speed> -eject -overburn file.iso
> >
> > "-overburn" will allow to write more than official size of medium (dvd
> > might become unreadable...but has worked 4 me)
> >
> > Cheers
> > George
> >
> >   
> I think I'll have to do some research on this--Thanks for the suggestion.

Try for example

 cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrom -speed=8 -eject -overburn  <your-image.iso>

substitute the "your-image.iso" and "speed" appropriately. You can also I
think use for example dev=/dev/hdc   or whatever is right for your burner.

Peter




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