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 09:02:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:02:08 -0400 Received: from mail3.aracnet.com ([216.99.193.38]:16651 "EHLO mail3.aracnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:01:48 -0400 From: "M. Edward Borasky" To: "Bobby Hitt" , Subject: RE: 2GB File limitation Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 06:02:11 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <013801c147e5$3330bec0$092cdb3f@bobathome> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Do you know if they ever fixed this same issue in Microsoft Access? :-) Does Linux support tape drives? :-) Sure, Linux needs to be able to handle files > 2 GB, but I wonder if backups over a network to a hard drive are giving you a false sense of "security". In the "enterprise" world, you have to be *religious* about backups. Incrementals at least daily, fulls at least weekly, all backups verified and *off-site secure storage of backup media*. Dang! The soap company wants their &$^%&$# box back :-). -- M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, Chief Scientist, Borasky Research http://www.borasky-research.net http://www.aracnet.com/~znmeb mailto:znmeb@borasky-research.net mailto:znmeb@aracnet.com If there's nothing to astrology, how come so many famous men were born on holidays? > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Bobby Hitt > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 11:17 PM > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: 2GB File limitation > > > 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. > > TIA, > > Bobby > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >