Re: SMB backups of windows boxes
2003-04-10 22:09:23
On Thu April 10 2003 12:58, Tom Brown wrote:
>> $mt -f norewind-tapedev fsf 30
>> $dd if=norewind-tapedev bs=32k
>> of=/direcory/with/lotsof/room/bigfile
>>
>> now
>> $cd /directory/with/lotsof/room
>> $dd if=bigfile bs=32k count=1
>
>Just tried again with a different file and encountered the dreaded
> filesize limit...
>
>dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k of=/scratch/restore/xxxx_restore
>dd: /scratch/restore/xxxx_restore: File too large
>65536+0 records in
>65535+0 records out
>[operator@xxxx restore]$
>
>any thoughts about getting around this one?
>
>Tom
Can you put a count=nnnnn in the command line and do it in 2 pieces?
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