Jean-Louis Martineau wrote:
>
> > backup server. I ran the restore on a Linux box with the 2.4 kernel, hoping that
>this
> >
> > would alleviate the 2GB file size limitation, but so far the output/errors
>continue.
> >
> > Once again, thanks for your help.
>
> Each chunk contains the absolute path of the next chunk, you can
> add a symlink in /bkup03/amanda/20010213/ to point to the actual file.
>
> Or you can try this patch (untested) which will look in the current
> directory if it doesn't find the file in the appropriate place.
>
> Jean-Louis
>
Okay, I did as you suggested, Jean-Louis, by symlinks and split went ahead and made
the file
that could be piped into restore just fine. Now, I cat'ed the split files together
into a new
file called 'hope' 8) and freed up enough drive space to work with. Command line
reads as
follows: /sbin/restore -ivf /data/hope
Verify tape and initialize maps
/data/sbin/restore: /data/hope: File too large
Restore gives me 'file too large' regardless of what exact options I pass it, and the
file that
I am trying to restore is actually around 4.2GB! (Level 0 backup, of course...)
/hope is a
different directory than the one I am trying to restore to, but I understand that with
the -f
option that specifying files across drives should not be the issue. I am literally
ready to
try just about anything at this point. Any suggestions will be taken heartily.
-Eric
