thanks mike
using debugreiserfs -J /dev/hda3
answers my earlier question of
"Now for the silly question of the day, how do I know what version of
reiserfs I have "installed"?"
=>. 3.6
which means from reiserfs FAQ that :-
"
2^60 - bytes => 1 Ei,
but page cache limits this to 8 Ti
on architectures with 32 bit int
"
ie. biG or at least I think so, I am afraid that this is somewhat out
of my league.
stu
On 9/12/05, Stuart Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Further reading further problem,
>
> I have been through the reiserfs FAQ and discovered that with 2.4 -
> 2.6 kernels that the file size limit I have posted below should not be
> an issue ie. I should be version 3.6 and therefore file size is well
> ... biG
>
> So I now need to discover where the fault lies, the error message was
> "File size limit exceededcp"
> no google, dogpile or yahoo search admits to ever knowing this error
> however I suppose the clue is in "-cp" ?
> /me reads
> GNU docs for tar report no issue's with file sizes below 8Gb and then
> only when using specific formats that I am not so far as I am aware.
>
> To recap the commands I am calling are
> tar -czf /tmp/fullsysbackupusr.tgz /usr
> cp /tmp/fullsysbackupusr.tgz /mnt/NEWSTU/genstubackup/fullsysbackup
> The source is Gentoo box 2.6.11.5 on a reiserfs partition, the file is
> created but will not exceed 2Gb or 2,147,483,647. Once created [though
> the file should be larger] it is dutifully transfered to the XP box
> via cp.
>
> any suggestions on this ?
>
> Beginning to suspect I am not seeing wood for tree's but if anyone has
> an axe please throw it my way.
>
> stu
>
> ps. For my North American cousins, cricket is a game where 13 men
> stand in a field for 5 days and hurl a small leather ball at 3 sticks
> in the ground with the aim of disturbing 2 smaller pieces of wood
> from the top of the aforesaid 3 sticks :)
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Stuart Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sep 12, 2005 9:09 PM
> Subject: reiserfs file size issue
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>
>
> Hi people
>
> This question follows on from a post I made regarding a hard drive
> death and backup problems, I made a little script that tar and gzip's
> each of the root directories in order. At the point of /usr which is a
> very large one I get the following error
> /root/fullsysbackup.sh: line 30: 18492 File size limit exceededcp
> /tmp/fullsysbackupusr.tgz
>
> When checking the file size I see that it is approx 2.1Gb and to be
> exact = 2^31 -1
>
> After a fair bit of checking around into possible causes of the error
> [samba, cp, backup box runs XP, and finally reiserfs] I discovered
> from the reiser site that it has a file size limit of ... 2^31 -1.
> However this seemed strange but I accepted it. I asked a friend who is
> of the beleif that reiserfs 3.5 had the limit but 3.6 does not.
>
> Now for the silly question of the day, how do I know what version of
> reiserfs I have "installed"?
>
> OK well it is possible that I have got the wrong end of the stick at
> this point and indeed the file size limit is 2.1Gb, the solution would
> be to split the tgz on backup but I also have some rather large movie
> type files and Iwould rather have a fs that works for me rather than
> the other way around.
>
> I dont want to turn this thread into everyones favorite "which fs for
> me?" but any simplistic advice on the status of reiserfs file size
> limits and such would be helpful.
>
> stu
>
> ps. Comon England and up the Aussies :) we won the ashes!!!!!
> pps. Its a cricket thing ^^ ;)
>
>
> --
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> binary, those who don't"
>
> --Unknown
>
>
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