Message-ID: <3A2633DE.157DE2E2@cfl.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 06:02:54 -0500
From: Mark Hounschell
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:43:52 -0600
From: Gary
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:51:09 -0800
From: Ben Rosenberg
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:25:02 -0600
From: Gary
From: "Koos Pol"
Message-ID: <3A28E745.4C6C1F61@cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 07:12:53 -0500
From: Mark Hounschell
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:43:52 -0600, Gary wrote:
| On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 06:02:54 -0500 | Mark Hounschell = MH> put this forth: | | MH> Does the gnu tar have any filesize limitations like the 2gb limitation | MH> for ext2. I'm looking for a tar to run on an HP (64bit). I want to be | MH> able to backup a 23gb file via tar??? | | Hi Mark, | As far as I know, the 2 GB file size limitation only applies to ReiserFS. |
If you tar to a device i.s.o a file then this problem does not exist at all, because it will be streaming data:
Do : tar cf /dev/tape0 /dev/sda Don't: tar cf /tmp/sda.bin /dev/sda
I'm trying to write directly to tape not another file. HP-ux 11 tar says it can't because it's larger than 2gb. You would think it would work being a 64 bit mach and 64 bit os but it doesn't seem to. That's why I was inquiring about gnu-tar. I guess I'll just try it and see. I'm wondering if I can NFS that file system to a SuSE linux box and tar that 23gb file off using tar from SuSE 6.4. Will I even be able to access that file since it's over our 2gb size limit for Linux. -- Mark Hounschell dmarkh@cfl.rr.com
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 15:23:54 +0100
From: Cliff Sarginson
Koos Pol wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:43:52 -0600, Gary wrote:
| On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 06:02:54 -0500 | Mark Hounschell = MH> put this forth: | | MH> Does the gnu tar have any filesize limitations like the 2gb limitation | MH> for ext2. I'm looking for a tar to run on an HP (64bit). I want to be | MH> able to backup a 23gb file via tar??? | | Hi Mark, | As far as I know, the 2 GB file size limitation only applies to ReiserFS. |
If you tar to a device i.s.o a file then this problem does not exist at all, because it will be streaming data:
Do : tar cf /dev/tape0 /dev/sda Don't: tar cf /tmp/sda.bin /dev/sda
I'm trying to write directly to tape not another file. HP-ux 11 tar says it can't because it's larger than 2gb.
Not all HP Software is yet 64 bit-ised. Sounds like tar falls in that category .. Cliff
You would think it would work being a 64 bit mach and 64 bit os but it doesn't seem to. That's why I was inquiring about gnu-tar. I guess I'll just try it and see.
I'm wondering if I can NFS that file system to a SuSE linux box and tar that 23gb file off using tar from SuSE 6.4. Will I even be able to access that file since it's over our 2gb size limit for Linux. -- Mark Hounschell dmarkh@cfl.rr.com
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