Are you using ext2 or ext3 as your file system? If not, check the file system docs.
I ran into this problem with Amanda 2.4.4p1 on a RedHat 7.1 system but when I switched to Suse 8.1, it went away. I could reproduce the problem with dd but I was also using ext2 file systems. I don't what happens if you are using something else. I know that Suse 8.1 dump won't work on a Reiser file system although tar works just fine. Dana Bourgeois > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene Heskett > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 7:53 AM > To: Toomas Aas; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 2GB filesize limit? > > > On Thursday 15 January 2004 05:27, Toomas Aas wrote: > >> From: Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:25:54 -0500 > >> > >> On Wednesday 14 January 2004 17:42, William S. Bear wrote: > >> >I'm trying to use Amanda to backup to disk (4TB RAID) using the > >> >tapeless config from the FAQ. Dumps of the file systems > are well > >> >over 100GB, but Amanda appears to die with the following > error once > >> >the dump reaches 2GB: > >> > >> There is, or should be, a variable named chunksize within the > >> amanda.conf holding disk description. If not there, > you'll need it, > > > >Note that this parameter relates to holding disk, not the actual > >backup image when backing up to hard disk. > > Sorry Toomas, I thought that was a given that most understood. > > >I'm sure this is not a hard-coded limitation of Amanda. I > successfully > >back up a 16 GB DLE to hard disk and I've never had any errors. The > >backup image is stored as one 16 GB file. > > > >> As you can see above the chunksize is set for 1Gb. Now on > my system, > >> that would not be required, but there are still in use, > filesystems > >> which have file size limits of less than infinitity, typically 2GB, > > > >I don't think this is the problem here, since William said he can > >create >2 GB files with dd and dump. > > Yes, that bit of incongruity bothered me too. And it got > real curious > when I realized he was writing to disk, so if he had the problem in > the holdng disk he really, really should have had the same problem > with the virtual tapes too since they use the same filesystem. I hit > the send button somewhat confused, but thinking there might be a > usefull clue someplace in my ramblings. > > >The most likely suspect to me seems to be the tapetype definition. > >What's the length set to in the tapetype? If backing up to > hard disk, > >Amanda is said to "emulate" end of tape when hitting the > limit set in > >tapetype. Maybe 2 GB is the default when no limit is set? > > That I don't know, but a peruse of the code should answer > that handily > enough. Something I don't have time for this morning as I'm in the > middle of a new vinyl on the kitchen floor, fresh 1/4 round etc. > > >-- > >Toomas Aas | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > >http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/ * No problem is so big > that it can't > >be run away from. > > -- > Cheers Toomas, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, > ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed > Howdershelt (Author) 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby > for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions > to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by > Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. > >
