2.2.x kernels couldn't handle files larger than 2GB. 2.4.x kernels should be fine as long as you've got glibc-2.2.x.
My guess is that there isn't sufficient space for the file on the remote end. Joel Hammer wrote: > Isn't there some file size problem at 2 gigs? I know I have to split up > my tar files when I do a complete system backup up. I use ext2. About > two gigs is when things seem to get bad. I would split (man split) > this file and then try it. > > Joel > > >>> It is just regular tar file of a downloads that I have accumalated. I >>>am transferring to a new box for install. Nothing speacial here >>> >>> >>>[rick@RSivernell rick]$ ll /opt/DownLoads/*tar >>>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2147483648 Apr 9 02:11 /opt/DownLoads/dl.tar >> >>Holy smokes! Almost 2Gb! I don't suppose you can "gzip -9" or, >>better, "bzip2" it? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step: http://netllama.ipfox.com 6:40pm up 12 days, 8:33, 4 users, load average: 0.22, 0.46, 0.39 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
