Bug 13316

Summary:	Cannot tar backup over 2GB tape is a 8GB
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	roger
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero>
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Version:	6.2
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Description roger 2000-07-01 18:48:30 UTC

tar: /dev/rmt0: Cannot write: File too large
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

This occurs write after reaching 2 GB limit.

Comment 1 compwiz 2000-07-03 20:58:23 UTC

I thought this was a problem with something else, not tar.. Try using bzip2 1.0
or higher, it allows greater than 2 GB backups.

Comment 2 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-07-10 20:21:58 UTC

The kernel shipped in 6.2 doesn't support files > 2 GB, that's why tar can't
handle them.
You need the Large Filesystem (LFS) kernel patch; either build your own kernel
with it or get the Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition which has LFS enabled by
default.