Tyler J. Wagner wrote at about 14:02:26 +0100 on Wednesday, April 13, 2011: > 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
I believe the OP was talking about 32bit Windows. Though even on WinXP or Win2000 I don't believe that is a limitation (unless you use FAT32 rather than NTFS). Perhaps the OP was talking about FAT32... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/