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fifer · Sep 25, 2005, 06:47 AM

im new to this forum so sorry if i've posted this in thew wrong section but have a little problem.

I have a dmg file mounted on my desktop (its data , not a video) which i want to back up onto dvd BUT this file is over 7GIgs in and i dont have a dual layer dvd drive!

Id there any way i can split this file up then burn on several dvds?

Thanks in advance for any responses!

Regards

msuper69 · Sep 25, 2005, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by fifer

im new to this forum so sorry if i've posted this in thew wrong section but have a little problem.

I have a dmg file mounted on my desktop (its data , not a video) which i want to back up onto dvd BUT this file is over 7GIgs in and i dont have a dual layer dvd drive!

Id there any way i can split this file up then burn on several dvds?

Thanks in advance for any responses!

Regards

Toast and .mac Backup will both span backups across multiple DVDs.

jszrules · Feb 19, 2006, 01:16 PM

I also have a large .dmg file that I'd like to burn, but don't have a dual-layer drive. Do I just drag the file into Toast to make a data-DVD and it will know to split it up across 2 DVDs?

Art Vandelay · Feb 19, 2006, 01:53 PM

You can use hdiutil in the Terminal to segment disk images. There is probably a GUI app that also does this too. Search VersionTracker or MacUpdate.

jszrules · Feb 20, 2006, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by Art Vandelay

You can use hdiutil in the Terminal to segment disk images. There is probably a GUI app that also does this too. Search VersionTracker or MacUpdate.

Is something like this what you're talking about: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16900

Do I even need something like this or will Toast split it up for me?

jszrules · Feb 22, 2006, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by jszrules

Is something like this what you're talking about: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16900

Do I even need something like this or will Toast split it up for me?

bump

TimmyDee51 · Feb 22, 2006, 02:18 PM

Not sure if that will do what you're asking, but you could always try it out with a smaller image (say 1 GB) and see if it will burn across 2 CDs. My guess is that if it does, you'll be able to burn the 2 DVDs without worry.

jszrules · Feb 24, 2006, 12:52 PM

I dragged the file into Toast to make a Data DVD. Inserted my DVD. Clicked burn. Error message appeared saying there was not enough space on the disk.

So...what do I do? Is there a certain setting I should turn on/off? According to a post above, Toast should be able to do this, so any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

angelmb · Feb 24, 2006, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by jszrules

I dragged the file into Toast to make a Data DVD. Inserted my DVD. Clicked burn. Error message appeared saying there was not enough space on the disk.

So...what do I do? Is there a certain setting I should turn on/off? According to a post above, Toast should be able to do this, so any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

Are you running Toast 7 ? If so, you must have something like this at the left margin of the Toast window (this once I dragged a huge folder into Toast to burn, here you can see the amount of CDs, DVDs and dual layer DVD I would need)

jszrules · Feb 24, 2006, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by angelmb

Are you running Toast 7 ? If so, you must have something like this at the left margin of the Toast window (this once I dragged a huge folder into Toast to burn, here you can see the amount of CDs, DVDs and dual layer DVD I would need)

Ah, no, I have Toast 6. Perhaps that is the problem...?

angelmb · Feb 25, 2006, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by jszrules

Ah, no, I have Toast 6. Perhaps that is the problem...?

I think so, I can not remember Toast 6 having that feature… but check this app, could be helpful… it is free and only about 200 KB…

DMGscissor

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14778