[olug] (sorta OT) Splitting a dual layer DVD ISO to multiple single layer DVD/CDs

[John Hobbs]

I think not, DVD Shrink is degrades and compresses the MPEG files on a dvd
to slim it down, not to compress general data and have it expand.  Shrinking
a DVD is a lossy operation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd_shrink

Possibly you could dd off one DVD's worth, burn it, move it, dd off the
other DVD's worth, burn it, move it and then cat them together to get an ISO
on the other machine.  But I'm guessing you are doing a fresh distro
install, so that prob. wont work (maybe with a business card distro though?)

Or you could just find a dual layer dvd player and temporarily install it
:-)

- John Hobbs

john at velvetcache.org

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Luke Dashjr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:

> On Monday 27 October 2008 08:05:09 pm Eric P wrote:
> > Irish wrote:
> > > Hey all. I am in a quandry.
> > >
> > > I have an ISO that is intended to be burned onto a dual layer DVD.
> > > Sadly, the system I need to install it on does not have a dual layer
> > > DVD reader.
> > >
> > > So, how can I in OS X|WinDoz|Linux "split" the ISO to multiple
> > > single layer DVDs; or mutiple CDs?
> > >
> > >
> > > Irish
> >
> > Why don't you shrink it down to 4.3 GB size?
> >
> > I've been using DVD Shrink 3.2 (Windows executable) under Wine
> > for quite a while with excellent results.
>
> Does DVD Shrink work on non-videos (as clearly indicated by the fact
> that he wants to "install" it)? I thought it was just the Windows
> equivalent to tcrequant...
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