Traveling with a big file

Travis Roy travis at scootz.net
Thu Nov 30 12:36:38 EST 2006


> I'm trying to physically carry a large (4.5GB) iso file from home,  
> over to a coworker's office.  Although I can burn the image back to  
> a DVD, I get an error that the file is too large when I try a  
> straight copy to the DVD.  So, I hooked up a FIRELITE usb disk, and  
> did a copy to a directory there.  I tried this twice, but each  
> time, after 4GB were copied, I got a file size error (the file is  
> too large).
>

I ran into the burning issue with some DVDs. Any chance you can try a  
different brand of blank, or a different burner?

One kind of Sony discs I can't burn to "full capacity" with my  
macbook, but memorex discs work fine.




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