Re: [expert] tar file size limit???

[David]

dfox said onto me:  
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 |> kernels < 2.4.0 file sizes were limited to 2 Gigabytes.
 |> kernels >= 2.4.0 file sizes are limited to 4 Terabytes.
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 |Ah ha so that's it. :) I'm running a newer kernel, but so far haven't
 |needed a file to be that large. I wonder what kernel the OP was using?
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2.4.18-6mdk (8.2 stock)......the problem was that the file was being saved to a FAT32 
share.  

Dave


 |> Damian
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