Tar down load

[Net Llama!]

2.2.x kernels couldn't handle files larger than 2GB.  2.4.x kernels 
should be fine as long as you've got glibc-2.2.x.

My guess is that there isn't sufficient space for the file on the remote 
end.

Joel Hammer wrote:
> Isn't there some file size problem at 2 gigs? I know I have to split up
> my tar files when I do a complete system backup up. I use ext2. About
> two gigs is when things seem to get bad.  I would split (man split)
> this file and then try it.
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
>>>   It is just  regular tar file of a downloads that I have accumalated. I
>>>am transferring to a new box for install. Nothing speacial here
>>>
>>>
>>>[rick at RSivernell rick]$ ll /opt/DownLoads/*tar
>>>-rw-r--r--    1 root     root     2147483648 Apr  9 02:11 /opt/DownLoads/dl.tar
>>
>>Holy smokes! Almost 2Gb! I don't suppose you can "gzip -9" or,
>>better, "bzip2" it?

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