On 30/04/2012, Indulekha <indule...@theunworthy.com> wrote: > Sharon Kimble <skimbl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 29/04/2012, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:13:37 +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: >>> >>>> i have just created an iso of some of my music collection so that i can >>>> play them off the DVD, delete them off the hard drive and free up more >>>> space for new music, that’s the plan anyhow. >>>> >>>> The command i used was ......... genisoimage -o ~/irishceltic.iso >>>> /home/boztu/Music/Irish\ Celtic\ Music\ Collection\ Version\ 2/ >>>> ........ >>>> and it created irishceltic.iso which is 18.4 gbs big. >>>> >>>> I now want to burn this to DVD's but brassero wont do multiple DVD from >>>> one source, and so far, i havne't been able to do it from k3b. >>>> >>>> How do I do it in either brassero or k3b please? Or can it be done from >>>> the command line please? >>> >>> I don't know about the burning program features but I bet you can use >>> "split" command (to make chunks of data that fit in one DVD) and >>> "cat" (if you want to restore the full image afterwards) for the task. >>> >>> Greeting >>> >> Split was indeed the answer, using it as ....... split -b 4000m >> /home/boztu/irishceltic.iso ...... and it splits the 18.9 gb file into >> 3.9 gb files which just need to be renamed as xaa.iso, or >> xab.iso/xac.iso, and then the image is burnt using k3b. >> > > As others have pointed out, your issue is not likely solved by using > split to create pieces of the original iso -- you need complete iso > images sized to fit your media, otherwise you have to copy the contents > of all the disks to your hard drive and reassemble the original image > before any of it becomes usable. > > I was just reading somewhere about a package called datapacker, which > might do the trick. I've never tested it though. If you try it, please > let us know if it worked for you. And please confirm by using the disks > you burned first. Burning is really only part of the solution. :) > http://software.complete.org/datapacker > I installed datapacker from the repo but do not understand how to use it. It does not appear to be able to be directed to a specific directory where the mp3 files are without checking other directories. I've read http://jgoerzen.github.com/datapacker/datapacker.html but still fail to understand how to use it.
Yes, I check the dvds when i've burnt them that they are readable by me and the computer itself. Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ Debian 6,0.4, Gnome 1:2.30+7, LibreOffice 3.5.1 Registered Linux user 334501 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cam9u--e5gntu0gudawjg6vqqmquj7cvf5wbdbcmibz8xwup...@mail.gmail.com
