On 29/11/06, Raphael Kraus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
G'day all, Distro/kernel: Debian GNU/Linux 2.6.8-3-k7-smp I'm writing backups to a directory mounted using smb, with tar - tar clpsvzf myfilename.tar.gz --atime-preserve --same-owner / It seems to be stopping after 2GB, and it isn't apparent as to what is causing the problem.
2Gb sounds extremely suspicious. Try making sure that tar, the kernel, the SMB module and the remote filesystem all support larger file sizes. It used to be an issue with various links along this chain and apparently was generally solved (or just increased to 4Gb limit) in more recent versions. Google around for "(linux|tar|smb|samba) 2Gb limit" and you'll find planty of questions about this. --P -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
