From: Toni Mueller (openbsd-miscoeko.net)
Date: Sun Feb 01 2009 - 11:11:09 CST

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On Sun, 01.02.2009 at 13:01:52 +0000, Matthew Szudzik <mszudzikandrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> See
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660#The_4_GiB_.28or_2_GiB_depending_on_implementation.29_file_size_limit

Thanks for the heads-up, but

> Some operating systems can handle files up to 4GB on an ISO 9660
> filesystem, and other operating systems can handle more than 4GB. But
> if you want your ISO 9660 filesystem to be fully portable, you should
> stick to the 2GB limit.

if I'm not mistaken, quite a bit of software today comes on DVDs,
crammed to the brim. So I wonder whether the standard has been
extended, whether there's a convention about how to deal with larger
files, or whether it's sheer accident that it works.

Besides, having media types that can't be fully utilized is neither
useful nor acceptable, imho, but the solution can't be "make only
smaller media".

Kind regards,
--Toni++

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