From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:30:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:30:08 -0400 Received: from alcove.wittsend.com ([130.205.0.10]:32189 "EHLO alcove.wittsend.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:29:59 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:30:22 -0400 From: "Michael H. Warfield" To: Bobby Hitt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2GB File limitation Message-ID: <20010928103022.C28366@alcove.wittsend.com> Mail-Followup-To: Bobby Hitt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <013801c147e5$3330bec0$092cdb3f@bobathome> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <013801c147e5$3330bec0$092cdb3f@bobathome> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 02:17:07AM -0400, Bobby Hitt wrote: > Hello, > 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. The problem has been fixed in the file system, the kernel and the supporting libraries for ages. Applications may need to be updated to take advantage of 64 bit file offsets and file operations, though. You didn't say how you were backing up those other servers. Is it a particular backup program? If so, that program may need to be rebuilt or updated. Are you backing up over NFS or some other file transport where the Linux box is just acting as a file server or is the backup program running on that Linux box? Oh... And what version of Linux? If it's old enough, I suppose you might still have a problem there. Recent (RedHat 7.x and contemporaries) distributions shouldn't be a problem. > TIA, > Bobby Mike -- Michael H. Warfield | (770) 985-6132 | mhw@WittsEnd.com (The Mad Wizard) | (678) 463-0932 | http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/ NIC whois: MHW9 | An optimist believes we live in the best of all PGP Key: 0xDF1DD471 | possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it!