Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 10:23:54 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <Malcolm.Kay@internode.on.net> To: Gerard Samuel <gsam@trini0.org>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Making Data CDs Message-ID: <200304181023.54416.Malcolm.Kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <3E9F3E07.50807@trini0.org> References: <3E9F3E07.50807@trini0.org>
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On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:21, Gerard Samuel wrote: > Just getting into CD Burning with FreeBSD. > I have a directory of files with a total size of 540M (according to w2k= ). > I made an iso of the directory like -> > mkisofs -o files.iso ~/temp/files > This leaves a number of questions in my mind: If w2k can report the total size then is ~/temp/files on an NTFS or FAT f= ile=20 system or perhaps a symbolic link thereto? Or is it a copy of a w2k tree? What size does: du -k ~/temp/files report? What size does 'ls -l' report for files.iso? Are any of the files w2k links/short-cuts? > Then I used burncd like -> > burncd -v -s max -f /dev/acd1 data ~/temp/files.iso fixate > > Now, Im able to mount the CD in FreeBSD, and in w2k, and they seem > similar, but the file sizes were way off. > According to w2k, the total file usage was 540M while the CD is only 40= M. > Did I use the correct steps to burn this CD?? > Malcolm Kay
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