Problem sorted, thanks.  It's suprising how much one is unable to  see when it 
sit right in front of you......... der!!!?

;)

On Tuesday 17 July 2007 09:58, Paul Constable wrote:
> Ok. Thanks for that , I am using FAT32, and for the reasons you rightly
> stated.
> I agree with you I don't think FAT is great just convenient.  I will try
> with another fs probably ext2.
>
> Thanks
> Paul
>
> On Tuesday 17 July 2007 09:49, Arno Lehmann wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > 17.07.2007 10:21,, Paul Constable wrote::
> > >       I am running bacula postgresql 2.1.20-1 on opensuse10.2, which is
> > > a testbed
> > >     for future deployment.
> > >     I am using a usb harddrive, as the repository for the backups, but
> > > continually
> > >     butt up against this 4GB limit.  I changed from the mysql variant,
> > > after having goolged and got pointed to this anomaly, being a
> > > constraint of mysql.
> > >     I have used the 'Maximum Volume Bytes = 0' in the pool definition,
> > > but still
> > >     am hitting the 4GB limit.
> > >     Any pointers would be much appreciated.
> >
> > I don't think that's MySQL related... rather, I suggest you either
> > limit the volume size to below the maximum file size of your disk file
> > system (FAT32?), or use a more reasonable file system on it (like
> > ext2/2, xfs, jfs, whatever...)
> >
> > Personally, I would limit the file sizes in your case - first, you
> > probably already have some volumes on disk, and second, because using
> > FAT, you can at least transfer the disk to about every computer around
> > to access your volume files. I don't think FAT is that great, but for
> > backup storage, it should be good enough.
> >
> > Arno
> >
> > >     TIA.
> > >     Paul
> > >
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