Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:41:24 -0500 From: "Dave [Hawk-Systems]" <dave@hawk-systems.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>, "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: DUMP to disk over 2GB Message-ID: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNCECFEDAB.dave@hawk-systems.com> In-Reply-To: <20021126003604.GA88412@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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>>>> ran into the file size limitation of 2GB when doing a L0 dump of the /usr >>>> partition. >>>> >>> Hmm. I think the trick is to not be aware that there *is* a 2GB limit! >>> >> Could be it there... using 4.3 stable with security patches and >> selected port upgrades only... > >I didn't think there was any change in behaviour during this time. > >> Assumption from responses being upgrading to a more recent stable >> version is required to eliminate the problem? > >I think it would be better if you showed more detail about what you've >done and what happened. Of course, if you want to upgrade to 4.7 >anyway, that might be instructive, but don't expect it to fix your >problems. backed up then deleted the entire backup mount, redid a fresh L0 dump and it worked just fine. Not sure what the problem was, or why it would choose to halt almost exactly around the 2GB mark... a quick search in google brough some 2GB limit conversation so I figured Id better run it by the list. Appreciate the comments. Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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