Dual Layer DVD Writing

[Laurence Sanford]

Neal Nelson wrote:

>
> On 3 Feb 2005, at 17:55, Laurence Sanford wrote:
>
>> Neal Nelson wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know how to write to a dual layer DVD?
>>>
>>> growisofs just complains that a file I want to write is too large 
>>> and ignores it. The web site just says that dual layer writing is 
>>> supported and doesn't say that I need to do anything special and the 
>>> man pages are silent on this aspect.
>>
>>
>>
>> If the file you are writing is larger than (700MB?) it won't write on 
>> anything. If you're trying to write one big 7 gig file, it won't 
>> work. If you have 7 gigs worth of files smaller than 700 meg each, 
>> then it should work just fine.
>>
> Well that's not correct as I've already written 3.9G files. It just 
> balks at a 4.9G file, even though I have dual-layer media in a 
> dual-layer capable drive.
>
> Mind you, the drive also claims to be ATA-66 as well whereas 
> 5.3-Stable thinks it's just ATA-33.
>
>
>
Hmm. Well, mine ignores anything over 700 MB that's a single file. I 
must admit though, the machine that's doing that only has a single layer 
writer in it.

You might double check or swap out your cable on that drive - it might 
make all the difference as far as how it's detected.