On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 11:59:36AM +1100, 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.
Its samba and the file system on LINUX that by default puts a maximum of 2GB You need to mount /usr/bin/smbmount //COMPUTER/$1 /mnt/SOMEWHERE -o lfs,username=LALA BTW, why don't you use AMANDA (www.amanda.org)? jobst -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
