>-----Original Message----- >From: Jeffrey J. Kosowsky [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:33 PM >To: General list for user discussion, questions and support >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] How to restore an 8GB archive file? > > > 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...
No, it was actually linux. However it was my misunderstanding, as I thought it was a 32b kernel-problem, when in fact it's a file system limitation according to Google. The problem first came up on a 32b linux machine running ext3 file system. Moving the 8GB archive to a machine with ext4, solved the problem. OTOH, ext3 is said to have a max file size limit from about 16GB up to some 2TB, depending on block size. So why I would have a problem with an 8GB file is anybody's guess. -- /Sorin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
