Hi,

>  Install sysutils/cdrtools-ossdvd, the mkisofs from that package can
> store files up to 4GB in size.

I built the cdrtools-ossdvd version of mkisofs and it works fine.

Thanks,
 Brad

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dieter Baron" <dillo@danbala.ifoer.tuwien.ac.at>
To: "Brad du Plessis" <bduplessis@commissionaires.ab.ca>; 
<tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: mkisofs file size limit


> In article <010101c524cf$e8130d00$6ea8a8c0@acervfr9okf50t> Brad wrote:
> : Is there any way I can get round the file size limit of 0x7FFFFFFF?
>
>  Install sysutils/cdrtools-ossdvd, the mkisofs from that package can
> store files up to 4GB in size.
>
> : What determines this limit?
>
>  It's the largest size that can be represented as a signed 32 bit
> value, and some people seem to think the size field in ISO 9660 file
> systems is a signed value; playing it save, I guess.
>
> yours,
> dillo
>
>