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Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround
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Bryan J. Smith |
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Re: [Dvdrtools-users] 2GB file limit workaround |
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Fri, 13 Jun 2003 22:50:15 -0400 (EDT) |
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Quoting André Dalle <address@hidden>:
> What I did myself, was to split my large files into smaller chunks.
> I use GNU 'split' to split it into 50MB chunks, then I use parity
> archives ('par' utility) to generate redundancy data for my split
> volumes.
> This way I can recover the large file even if data errors on the disc
> prevent me from reading a few of the split volumes.
> The par program also makes it easy to verify the integrity of all of
> the split volumes with one command.
> If they're all OK, I can just use gnu 'cat' to concatenate all the
> files to disk.
> I also include the md5sum of the large file so I can verify it is OK
> after concatenating the small files.
Is there a good "par" HOWTO somewhere?
> What I can't do, is repair/recover bad volumes without copying all the
> split volumes to disk first.
That's the price.
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Bryan J. Smith, E.I. mailto:address@hidden http://thebs.org