All sources are ext2. (made by same-version tools)
The destination filesystem is the same for both the limited-tar and the
unlimited-tar and is nfs mounted.
I very dont know where is the bug..
D
JBB wrote :
> Hello dnade,
>
> What filesystem is the other box using? I don't think it is a kernel
> restriction, but rather a filesystem restriction.
>
> JBB
>
> Monday, September 17, 2001, 9:58:33 AM, you wrote:
>
>
> dan> Hmm Ok
> dan> But I got another box which can do more than 4GB tar.gz.
>
> dan> [root@gaia /bak/donia0]# ll -h *tar.gz
> dan> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9.1G sep 13 21:19 0.tar.gz
> dan> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0G sep 14 22:30 new0.tar.gz
>
> dan> I think that the kernel 2.4.2-2 (from seawolf iso) can do >4GB files but
> dan> the 2.4.3-12 (from updates.redhat.com) can not. Is this a (lack of)
> dan> feature ?
>
> dan> D
>
> dan> JBB wrote :
> >> Hello dnade,
> >>
> >> That is not a limitation on the Tar program. It is a limitation of the
> >> filesystem. While the filesystem can be more than 4 gig in size, the
> >> max size for a single file is 4 gig.
> >>
> >>
> >> JBB
> >>
> >>
> >> Monday, September 17, 2001, 3:49:34 AM, you wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> dan> Hi everyone.
> >>
> >> dan> I have to make some big tar.gz files (over nfs) and it seems that i got
> >> dan> a 4GB limit..
> >>
> >> dan> [1] - broken pipe tar zcf /bak/donia0/new0.tar.gz ^(1|2|lost*)
> >> dan> [2] + broken pipe tar zcf /bak/ethanol1/1.tar.gz 1
> >>
> >> dan> [root@gaia /data]# ll /bak/ethanol1/1.tar.gz /bak/donia0/new0.tar.gz
> >> dan> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4294967295 sep 14 22:30
>/bak/donia0/new0.tar.gz
> >> dan> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4294967295 sep 15 08:51
>/bak/ethanol1/1.tar.gz
> >> dan> [root@gaia /data]# df
> >> dan> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> >> dan> [...]
> >> dan> /dev/sdb8 59G 28G 28G 49% /data
> >> dan> donia:/0 29G 16G 12G 57% /bak/donia0
> >> dan> ethanol:/0 11G 6.2G 4.7G 57% /bak/ethanol1
> >>
> >> dan> Anybody can tell me how to bypass this limit ?
> >>
> >> dan> D
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