Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:58:15 -0700 From: TuxGirl <tuxgirl@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Value too large to be stored in data type -- gzipped tarball Message-ID: <6e4453640512181858qdcf8e2ay640326713dee89be@mail.gmail.com>
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I have a gzipped tarball that I created on my box when i was running Linux, and I burned it, along with some other files, onto a dvd. I'm now trying to extract the tarball, but it appears that it must be over some sort of filesystem limit or something. None of the commands that I have tried seem to like the file. Each of them gives the same error: /cdrom/music.tgz: Value too large to be stored in data type It doesn't complain about another gzipped tarball on the same disk which is around 1.3 GB, but this one is, I think around 2.4 GB. I've tried copying the file, and tarring it in place, and a number of other things,and I just can't seem to figure out how to resolve the problem. Is there a setting someplace that I can change to make it play nicely with large files? I would think that having a limit on the size of files would cause problems not only with files like this, but also with databases and such, so there must be some way to find the necessary information. Obligatory system info: [amon-re erins] uname -a FreeBSD amon-re 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 =20 root@x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Currently running the default kernel... I'm fairly certain that the tarball is fine, because it worked fine on my server last week, when i opened it up there... Thanks, ~Erin
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