Date: 07 Jan 1999 11:15:05 -0500 From: Kevin Street <street@iname.com> To: "Aaron D. Gifford" <adg@infowest.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why won\'t TAR cooperate\? Message-ID: <87u2y3jbzq.fsf@kstreet.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: "Aaron D. Gifford"'s message of "Wed, 6 Jan 1999 19:49:49 -0700 (MST)" References: <199901070249.TAA02192@infowest.com>
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"Aaron D. Gifford" <adg@infowest.com> writes: > "Aaron D. Gifford" wrote: > >> > >> Okay, call me a nutcase, but I can't figure out why TAR always bails out > >> at exactly 255328256 bytes written of a huge 4GB file I'm trying to dump > >> to tape. At first, it would quit with an error so I downloaded the latest > >> GNU tar from GNU's FTP site, installed and compiled it. It too bails out > >> at the same spot, but without an error. > >> > >> Any ideas anyone? > >> Do the login.conf filesize settings apply to tapes? What does `limits' say yours is set to? -- Kevin Street street@iName.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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