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Re: tar limitations?



Tobias Diedrich wrote:

> I'm quite sure that there is no 2GB limit on ext2 anymore. Kernels
> before 2.3 do not support large files IIRC, but 2.4 does. Of course you
> need a new enough libc too and the program you are using has to be
> compiled with large file support enabled...

It was probably a libc upgrade that did it for me then. Thanks for the correction.
Any pointers on how to enable large file support?

Thanks again.

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