DVD, XP and a 2 GB limit

[TGS]

Might be OT, but I am attempting to go that DVD route. Only problem is that
I need to get the DVD image to XP in order to burn the DVD. I attempt to ftp
the image over, but it fails at 2GB. The drive on the XP side is NTFS, so I
thought that it could handle the size. I have tried many FTP tools on the XP
side to no avail. Should I be able to do this, or do I need to hook up the
DVD drive to my Linux box.

[Kenny Speer]

Why in the world would you force yourself to use XP?  And, XP will not 
display a file larger than 2GB in Explorer.  It's a known issue 
therefore FTP fails.  Try using CIFS/SMB if you absolutely must use that 
inferior OS.

TGS wrote:
>  Might be OT, but I am attempting to go that DVD route. Only problem
> is that
>  I need to get the DVD image to XP in order to burn the DVD. I attempt to ftp
>  the image over, but it fails at 2GB. The drive on the XP side is NTFS, so I
>  thought that it could handle the size. I have tried many FTP tools on the XP
>  side to no avail. Should I be able to do this, or do I need to hook up the
>  DVD drive to my Linux box.
>  
>

[David Collantes]

On 5/2/2004 9:05 PM, Kenny Speer wrote:

>  Why in the world would you force yourself to use XP?  And, XP will
> not 
>  display a file larger than 2GB in Explorer.  It's a known issue 
>  therefore FTP fails.  Try using CIFS/SMB if you absolutely must use that 
>  inferior OS. 
XP has no problem displaying 4,292,982 KB on my Windows machine. I believe, on 
this, IE is the culprit not the OS (which is not really that inferior, but 
that's topic for a different thread).

Cheers,

-- 
David

[TGS]

IE might be the problem, but then I would not understand as to why I could
not FTP the file in the first place. I will try the other tools that you
suggested.

As for the XP usage, alas it is my game machine, and the machine that has
one with a RW DVD drive. In fact, my Linux box does not have a DVD, CDROM,
or a floppy at all, and 99.44% of the time, one is not needed.

on 5/03/2004 6:47 AM, David Collantes at david(a)bus.ucf.edu wrote:

>  On 5/2/2004 9:05 PM, Kenny Speer wrote:
>  
> > Why in the world would you force yourself to use XP?  And, XP will not
> > display a file larger than 2GB in Explorer.  It's a known issue
> > therefore FTP fails.  Try using CIFS/SMB if you absolutely must use that
> > inferior OS.
>  
>  XP has no problem displaying 4,292,982 KB on my Windows machine. I believe, on
>  this, IE is the culprit not the OS (which is not really that inferior, but
>  that's topic for a different thread).
>  
>  Cheers,

[David Collantes]

On 5/4/2004 7:44 AM, TGS wrote:
>  IE might be the problem, but then I would not understand as to why I
> could
>  not FTP the file in the first place. I will try the other tools that you
>  suggested. 
Actually, if you use Windows XP provided ftp client (ftp.exe), it will 
transfer it without problems. If you are using a FAT partition on your XP, 
then you might not be able to see files bigger than 2GB. I have never used 
FAT, I always go for NTFS.

>  As for the XP usage, alas it is my game machine, and the machine that
> has
>  one with a RW DVD drive. In fact, my Linux box does not have a DVD, CDROM,
>  or a floppy at all, and 99.44% of the time, one is not needed. 
There is no shame on using Windows, no need to justify! :-)

Cheers,

-- 
David Collantes - College of Business Administration, UCF - [phone]
Always remember: you are unique, just like everyone else.

[TGS]

on 5/04/2004 7:50 AM, David Collantes at david(a)bus.ucf.edu wrote:

>  On 5/4/2004 7:44 AM, TGS wrote:
> > IE might be the problem, but then I would not understand as to why I could
> > not FTP the file in the first place. I will try the other tools that you
> > suggested.
>  
>  Actually, if you use Windows XP provided ftp client (ftp.exe), it will
>  transfer it without problems. If you are using a FAT partition on your XP,
>  then you might not be able to see files bigger than 2GB. I have never used
>  FAT, I always go for NTFS.
>   
I tried that, but it did not work, and the drive is NTFS. That is why I was
puzzled. So ... I installed samba server, and now I am burning via the
mounted share.

> > As for the XP usage, alas it is my game machine, and the machine
> that has
> > one with a RW DVD drive. In fact, my Linux box does not have a DVD, CDROM,
> > or a floppy at all, and 99.44% of the time, one is not needed.
>  
>  There is no shame on using Windows, no need to justify! :-) 
Ha ha, I knew that there would be someone that would provide the required
grief about XP usage.

>  
>  Cheers,

[David Collantes]

On 5/2/2004 9:02 PM, TGS wrote:

>  Might be OT, but I am attempting to go that DVD route. Only problem
> is that
>  I need to get the DVD image to XP in order to burn the DVD. I attempt to ftp
>  the image over, but it fails at 2GB. The drive on the XP side is NTFS, so I
>  thought that it could handle the size. I have tried many FTP tools on the XP
>  side to no avail. Should I be able to do this, or do I need to hook up the
>  DVD drive to my Linux box. 
Have you tried sftp? I was able to transfer T# over sftp to my Windows XP 
machine without problems. I used pscp[1] but you could use just about any 
other program (SSH from ssh.com, etc).

[1] http://shurl.us/ad/

Cheers,

-- 
David

[Tom Mitchell]

On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 09:06:11PM -0400, David Collantes wrote:
>  On 5/2/2004 9:02 PM, TGS wrote:
>  
>  >I need to get the DVD image to XP in order to burn the DVD. I attempt to 
>  >ftp 
....
>  Have you tried sftp? I was able to transfer T# over sftp to my
> Windows XP 
>  machine without problems. I used pscp[1] but you could use just about any 
>  other program (SSH from ssh.com, etc). 
I would be curious if "Putty" could transfer the file.
Find it on the net with a google search.

On the WindowZ box use  pscp 
(putty secure copy).

If you do not have secure shell tools on the windows box
you should.   See also Cygwin tools.



-- 
	T o m  M i t c h e l l 
	/dev/null the ultimate in secure storage.

[David Collantes]

On 5/4/2004 6:19 PM, Tom Mitchell wrote:

>  I would be curious if "Putty" could transfer the file.
>  Find it on the net with a google search. 
You just re-typed what I typed on the message you replied to :-) Are we going 
in circles now? ;-) I wrote:

>  Have you tried sftp? I was able to transfer T# over sftp to my
> Windows XP 
>  machine without problems. I used pscp[1] but you could use just about any 
>  other program (SSH from ssh.com, etc).
>  
>  [1] http://shurl.us/ad/ 
Cheers,


-- 
David