On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 14:38 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote: > Googling a bit I found out 32b linux is limited to 2GB per file on > account of the file system. 8GB is a lot more than 2GB, so this would explain > the uncompression failing.
That limit is long gone: root@frances:/tmp# uname -a Linux frances 2.6.32-30-generic #59-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 21:30:21 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux root@frances:/tmp# dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/test bs=1048576 count=3072 3072+0 records in 3072+0 records out 3221225472 bytes (3.2 GB) copied, 57.5292 s, 56.0 MB/s root@frances:/tmp# ls -lah test -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.0G 2011-04-13 13:58 test root@frances:/tmp# du -sh test 3.1G test There *WAS* a 2GB limit, under kernel 2.4 and ext2. Anything you installed in the last 4 years does not have this issue. Regards, Tyler -- "Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds, which follows from the advance of science." -- Charles Darwin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/