willisoften Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 (edited) Ok I've just bought a cheap dual layer dvd burner. Lite-on. Does anyone know under Windows it apparently requires 9GB of free space to create a DVD image file. (only for a full disk I hope!) I do have at least 9GB free in /home. BUT how does burning work in Linux ( I use Gnome Baker & Nautilus ) previously I've used /tmp - 1.9GB as the temporary directory to burn disks I'm positive were in excess of 2GB. Does anybody really know how this works. I could set up another partition and call it /burn or something but I don't really want too, it would eat space somewhere else. But if everyone was sure it was the only option.......... Edited June 6, 2005 by willisoften Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddmcse Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 i found this information useful http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5644 oops that's not the right link but close i'll dig it up. are you burning data or a movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willisoften Posted June 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 I watch movies on the pc and I've ripped a few, to watch on the laptop - no dvd rom at one time. At the moment I'm talking about burning an 8GB backup. It was a pretty interesting article anyway. Thanks! Actually I usually just go apt-get install libdvdcss and thats the end of the problem. Any information pertaining to temporary files and DVD burning would be most welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 BUT how does burning work in Linux ( I use Gnome Baker & Nautilus ) previously I've used /tmp - 1.9GB as the temporary directory to burn disks I'm positive were in excess of 2GB. does gnome baker have an on-the-fly option? i think that option bypasses the need to create an image before directly writing to the media. i did the second option. i created a 10GB partition called /storage/forge. dual-layer discs here is basically nonexistent (and those that exists are way to expensive) so i will only burn a single layer of dvd data. the 10GB should be enough and it is not idle since i sort my files there. ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willisoften Posted June 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 I did a few experiements last night and it does create a temporary iso ( I set it to use my home). Seems like burning on the fly would usually do ~ but I think I'll have to dig out an old hard drive and set up a temporary partition on that. I'm going to set up a new system soon anyway and I'll be able to be a bit more promiscuous with my hd space. Thanks ramfree - SOLVED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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