Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 23:20:46 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Sean Hafeez <sah.list@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4 GB file limit? (WAS gzip from ports vs gzip from system) Message-ID: <42BFFD2E.9090803@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <9C6EADF8-A6F3-464D-AC32-1E0FA87A662B@gmail.com> References: <42BE3798.1020200@meijome.net> <20050626052603.GB9894@dan.emsphone.com> <42BE442C.9090502@meijome.net> <42BE4F33.6040101@meijome.net> <20050626070220.GA51206@dan.emsphone.com> <42BE9359.8000401@meijome.net> <9C6EADF8-A6F3-464D-AC32-1E0FA87A662B@gmail.com>
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Sean Hafeez wrote: > windows limit. 4gb file size limit. > Hi Sean, I wish it was as simple as blaming MS for this one, but no - i tested this locally on the w2k box (dd cmd making 5 GB file), and then by actually running the dump | gzip > nfs_share (7 GB .gz) but using nfs v3, mounted by hand instead of via amd. I still dont know whether the problem was v2, which supposedly has a 2 GB limit, or amd, but mounting the share via /etc/fstab with options -3,-d,rw worked just fine. cheers, Beto
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