Re: OT: cluster size=0

["Calvin Coghlan" <ccoghlan ascensionhealth org>]

There was also a bug (or as some software companies call it, an undocumented feature) in some versions of tar, IIRC about a year ago.  It would backup files bigger than 2GB but restoring them was impossible.  It either trashed the whole file or it corrupted anything beyond the 2GB limit, don't remember which now.

Calvin.

>>> lbedford@lbedford.org 03/25/01 10:37AM >>>
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 12:07:51PM -0800, Paul Bunn came forth with:
> FAT/FAT32 have a 2^32 file-size limitation (4GB).  EXT2 has a 2^31 (2GB) file-size
> limitation.
bzzt.. wrong. Ext2 doesn't have a 2Gb file-size limitation. The VFS layer on
32-bit archs in 2.2.blah (can't remember which one they fixed it in) does.

it affects more than just ext2, and it's why the alpha doesn't have that
problem..

L.
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