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Utility for burning single file across mutiple disks

Mar 18, 2007 11:29AM PDT

I would like to make a copy of my virtual machine hdd file which is about 12 GB. This is a single file. I have yet to find a program that will do this. Seems like spanning is not the problem, but rather the copying of one large file across multiple disks.

Suggestions?

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Doesn't Mac already do this?
Mar 18, 2007 11:36AM PDT
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File spanning across multiple discs
Mar 20, 2007 2:12PM PDT

Bob,

Thanks. I'm an old Windows user who got religion about three months ago, and bought an iMac, so your suggestion is a bit advanced for me.

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Mildly advanced.
Mar 20, 2007 9:37PM PDT

It's a one line command.

While the edit and compile is advanced, a one line command is not much to tackle. The really neat thing about MacOSX is that underneath is something more powerful than what MS built on. I'd take the time to consider one liners as something to look at from time to time.

My bet is that Apple has updated the command to fix the issue, but I could be wrong.

Bob

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AppleScript
Mar 21, 2007 7:27AM PDT

Couldn't you turn that into an AppleScript or Automator function?

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Then it would not be a one liner and therefor
Mar 21, 2007 7:29AM PDT

It would move from one liner to advanced.

Bob

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Just a thought
Mar 21, 2007 7:46AM PDT

It was just a thought.

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Spanning large files
Mar 20, 2007 3:04PM PDT

Bob,

I failed to add that I can span multiple discs. The problem is spanning just one file that is 12 GB. The software I am using will not span if the single file exceeds the capacity of a single DVD disc.

Perhaps I could run NERO in XP in virtual machine, share the mac folder and see if that works. However, I suppose I should clone XP first and and work with that file rather than the hdd file that is running the VM.

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Roxio
Mar 20, 2007 9:55AM PDT

Doesn't Roxio software allow you to do this? On the PC, it automaticaly shows you how many discs the file would span across.

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Roxio Toast
Mar 20, 2007 10:01PM PDT

As just pointed out, Toast will do this without a problem.
I have just put an 8GB file into Toast and after scanning the file, it indicated the number of CD's or DVD's it would require to burn the file

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