Bug 13316 - Cannot tar backup over 2GB tape is a 8GB
Summary: Cannot tar backup over 2GB tape is a 8GB
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 6.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
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Reported: 2000-07-01 18:48 UTC by roger
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-07-03 20:58:23 UTC
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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.
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