Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:38:34 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: DUMP to disk over 2GB Message-ID: <20021127024859.9DC7D48463@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNCECFEDAB.dave@hawk-systems.com>
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On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:41:24 -0500, Dave [Hawk-Systems] wrote: >>>>> 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. perhaps your mount was corrupted, or perhaps it died because there some FS errors that didnt get fsck out. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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