From: Tim Moore <timothymoore@bigfoot.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Bobby Hitt <bobhitt@bscnet.com>
Subject: Re: 2GB File limitation
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:17:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BB4DAEC.6A64B0E5@bigfoot.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <013801c147e5$3330bec0$092cdb3f@bobathome>
> Is someone working on a way to overcome the 2GB file limitation in Linux? I
> currently backup several servers using a dedicated hard drive for the
> backups. Recently I saw one backup die saying the the file size had been
> exceeded. I've never had good luck with tape backups, yes they backup, but
> whenever I really need a file, it can't be retrieved.
I use the -B flag to insure the archives are just under 2GB. This
generates multiple volumes by appending a sequence number if necessary.
For example, on a /home dump of >2GB, the commands
ddate=`date +%m%d%y-%H%M%S`
dump -0uM -b 32 -B 2097142 -f /mnt/home.$ddate.L0.dump -L "abit:/home"
/home
generate
/mnt/home.092801-130439.L0.dump001
/mnt/home.092801-130439.L0.dump002
each guaranteed to be 10K under 2GB. Fixes potential portability issues
also.
rgds,
tim.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-28 20:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-28 6:17 2GB File limitation Bobby Hitt
2001-09-28 7:33 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-09-28 8:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2001-09-28 9:51 ` Matti Aarnio
2001-09-28 13:02 ` M. Edward Borasky
2001-09-28 14:30 ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-09-28 20:17 ` Tim Moore [this message]
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