You're right about that. I just tried to create a 3.2GB file and it failed with "file too large" at the 2GB limit. It's an ext2. I have an ext3 sys- tem too. Is that also a problem there? I'll have to try/fix it if I can.
At 11:50 AM 6/6/2003 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: >On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 10:33:08AM -0500, Danny R Spelbring wrote: >> >> Yes, in my first attempt I was using a holding disk (of 4GB) on the same >> partition as the tapedisk (of 5GB), with a total of 9.5GB free in the par- >> tition. I tried it again without the holding disk and it still failed >> with "out of tape". There's definitely enough free space on the disk. >> >> I'm using a chunk size of 1GB, so after two chunks (actually 2.14GB), it >> fails. I don't see that as an issue though. > >I think chunksize only relates to the holding disk. > >HOWEVER 2GB is veddy interesting. > >Does your filesystem and user environment support large files. >Many filesystems have a limit on the largest file the file >system will handle. 2GB just happens to be the common limit. > >In fact, the primary reason for chunk's on the holding disk >is to avoid these filesystem limits. > >-- >Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) >
