Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 16:32:44 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Losher <Peter.Losher@iengines.com> To: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "File too large" in Amanda restore? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.21.0001021628120.19389-100000@bb.rc.vix.com> In-Reply-To: <200001022341.SAA07523@benge.graphics.cornell.edu>
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On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > This is probably because you're using NFSv2 which has a 2 GB filesize > limit. NFSv3 isn't limited to 2 GB so if you can use v3 that will help. > If not, you need to use a different method to move the data over the net. Hmm, is there a way to check which version of NFS a server is using? (and if the system is running NFSv2, how to force it to use v3? As I said before, it's 3.4-STABLE > Rather than assume the problem is FreeBSD I would assume the problem is > that you're looking for the answer to an amanda problem on a FreeBSD > list. Most of the Amanda people are on amanda-users@amanda.org. > Believe me, people have had this problem... I would agree, however we also had a problem with scp'ing a 3GB file over to this same box, the .tar file always came up corrupt when de-tarred (we think this is a scp problem though)... SO I was, perhaps in error, linking the two... Best Wishes - Peter | Peter Losher | SysAdmin - iEngines, Inc. | Peter.Losher@iengines.com | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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