Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 20:01:54 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au>, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: gzip and large files Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020829200154.020e3b90@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20020830102249.L17438-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au> References: <44k7m9n4lo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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At 10:26 AM 8.30.2002 +1000, Andrew wrote: > > >On 29 Aug 2002, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> It's running out of virtual memory to store the pipelines? > >No message is logged and the exit value of gzip is 0. I would assume a >pager out of swap space or similar error if this was the case? > >Thanks, > >Andrew > A while back I reported on this list about having lockups and crashes using with large tars (over 2GBs). I was also using the "z" switch for gzip at the time. Once I dropped the "z" flag with tar, the problem stopped ....so far and it's been a couple of months now since. Never could pin it on anything else.... Have 1GB RAM and 2GB swap too.... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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