RE: [linux] [newbie] Tar - Is there a 2Gb limit file size on NT4
Actually, FAT32 has been included as an available filesystem since win 95B came out. As for winnt 4, you have to purchase it as an extra piece of software. Michael -- Michael Viron Project Manager / Primary Developer / Manager of Online Operations General Education Online >BTW www.sysinternals.com offer a FAT32 filesystem for NT (for a moderate >cost.) I've used it for some time and it works fine. It allows both >Win9x and NT (and Linux) to all use a halfway decent filesystem. Of >course, Win2k and XP don't have this problem. > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [linux] [newbie] Tar - Is there a 2Gb limit file size on NT4
well for max file sizes, i found out for win95/win98 its 4Gb-1Kb, and for ntfs its 4Gb-1byte, on ntfs5.1 its t big to cause anyone any problems, in the trillion bytes range. So the 2Gb limit i'm having is not the target max file size limits. NTFS r/w problems only occur when the drive is in the Linux machine, not remotely connected across networks. Am i right in thinking it doesn't effect tape devices because there not block devices ? -Original Message- From: Joseph Braddock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 December 2002 5:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [linux] [newbie] Tar - Is there a 2Gb limit file size on NT4 I'm just picking up on the tail end of this thread, so someone might have already answered this. I'm assuming your NT partition is setup with FAT. If so, FAT (Win9x, WinNT) has a 2GB limit. That's why when drives larger than 2GB first appeared, they were set up with multiple 2GB partitions. I believe that FAT32 and NTFS gets around this. Problem is that NTFS is currently read-only in Linux (AFAIK). Joeb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [linux] [newbie] Tar - Is there a 2Gb limit file size on NT4
I'm just picking up on the tail end of this thread, so someone might have already answered this. I'm assuming your NT partition is setup with FAT. If so, FAT (Win9x, WinNT) has a 2GB limit. That's why when drives larger than 2GB first appeared, they were set up with multiple 2GB partitions. I believe that FAT32 and NTFS gets around this. Problem is that NTFS is currently read-only in Linux (AFAIK). Joeb On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 13:31, Ken Walker wrote: > Well, > > m i thought. > > So i set-up a quick LM9. > > did a tar of about 4Gig ( a 9G i borrowed :o) but he wants it back :o( )and > tried to copy it to the NT machine using > > cp Cad.tar ///xxx Cad.tar > > Stopped at 2G > > did a copy to a win98 machine > > cp Cad.tar //x/xxx Cad.tar > > Stopped at 2G > > But the LM9 machine let me create a 4G tar file. > > Both client machines were mounted with smbmount. > > So it must be > > I'm gonna try something else. > > I'm going to tar from my problematic machine ( dimishing disk space ) to > this LM9 i just set up. > > It doesn't matter if it runs out of space, its just to play with. > > So its off, and i'm off home. > > Will let you know tomorrow. > > :o) > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Joseph Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [linux] [newbie] Tar - Is there a 2Gb limit file size on NT4
Well, m i thought. So i set-up a quick LM9. did a tar of about 4Gig ( a 9G i borrowed :o) but he wants it back :o( )and tried to copy it to the NT machine using cp Cad.tar ///xxx Cad.tar Stopped at 2G did a copy to a win98 machine cp Cad.tar //x/xxx Cad.tar Stopped at 2G But the LM9 machine let me create a 4G tar file. Both client machines were mounted with smbmount. So it must be I'm gonna try something else. I'm going to tar from my problematic machine ( dimishing disk space ) to this LM9 i just set up. It doesn't matter if it runs out of space, its just to play with. So its off, and i'm off home. Will let you know tomorrow. :o) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [linux] [newbie] Tar - Is there a 2Gb limit file size on NT4
> I'm trying to tar 8.4Gb to a NT4 machine. But tar stops at 2,097,153. > Stating 'File size limit exceeded'. 2,097,153k is a signed long (32 bits) on an NT platform, so it's the limit of lseek() which is the API a multi-platform tar would probably use. The win32 API SetFilePointerEx() uses 64 bit integers. Anyone fancy hacking tar? -- Richard Urwin, Software Design Engineer Schenck Test Automation Braemar Court, 1311b Melton Road, Syston, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Walker Sent: 28 November 2002 10:38 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [linux] [newbie] Tar - Is there a 2Gb limit file size on NT4 I'm trying to tar 8.4Gb to a NT4 machine. But tar stops at 2,097,153. Stating 'File size limit exceeded'. I know that the system partition for NT4 can't be bigger than 2G. I'm Tar'ing to a 36G Raid drive. I'm logging in as a superuser. I know i have the option of taring to specific file sizes, but one big file would be better for me. Anybody come across this before. I know its a NT problem because I've tar'd 4.6G to another LM9 machine. Many thanks Mr Smiley. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
