20 Oct
2005
20 Oct
'05
14:00
On 10/20/05, James Knott
Janus Sandsgaard wrote:
Hi there,
I need to backup data from my /home to DVD. I have around 6 GB of (uncompressed) data. Can somebody recommend an easy to use backup utility?
Should I be aware of a maximum size of tar.gz-files? - Is there e.g. a 2 GB limit?
I don't know of a maximum file size, but tar can span multiple volumes.
Tar does not have a max. filesize. It simply does sequential reads/writes. The filesytem your writing to may, but most Linux filesystems can go past 2 GB. FAT32 has a 2 GB limit, so definately don't use a FAT32 volume as a staging area. Are you having problems? Or just worried? Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century