You're right about that.  I just tried to create a 3.2GB file and it failed
with "file too large" at the 2GB limit.  It's an ext2.  I have an ext3 sys-
tem too.  Is that also a problem there?  I'll have to try/fix it if I can.


At 11:50 AM 6/6/2003 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 10:33:08AM -0500, Danny R Spelbring wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, in my first attempt I was using a holding disk (of 4GB) on the same
>> partition as the tapedisk (of 5GB), with a total of 9.5GB free in the par-
>> tition.  I tried it again without the holding disk and it still failed
>> with "out of tape".  There's definitely enough free space on the disk.
>> 
>> I'm using a chunk size of 1GB, so after two chunks (actually 2.14GB), it
>> fails.  I don't see that as an issue though.
>
>I think chunksize only relates to the holding disk.
>
>HOWEVER  2GB is veddy interesting.
>
>Does your filesystem and user environment support large files.
>Many filesystems have a limit on the largest file the file
>system will handle.  2GB just happens to be the common limit.
>
>In fact, the primary reason for chunk's on the holding disk
>is to avoid these filesystem limits.
>
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