Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:17:48 -0700 | From | Tim Moore <> | Subject | Re: 2GB File limitation |
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> Is someone working on a way to overcome the 2GB file limitation in Linux? I > currently backup several servers using a dedicated hard drive for the > backups. Recently I saw one backup die saying the the file size had been > exceeded. I've never had good luck with tape backups, yes they backup, but > whenever I really need a file, it can't be retrieved.
I use the -B flag to insure the archives are just under 2GB. This generates multiple volumes by appending a sequence number if necessary.
For example, on a /home dump of >2GB, the commands
ddate=`date +%m%d%y-%H%M%S` dump -0uM -b 32 -B 2097142 -f /mnt/home.$ddate.L0.dump -L "abit:/home" /home
generate
/mnt/home.092801-130439.L0.dump001 /mnt/home.092801-130439.L0.dump002
each guaranteed to be 10K under 2GB. Fixes potential portability issues also.
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