Hello everyone,

I'm trying to back my MySQL file and they have grown quite a bit... I'm
running in the "file size exceeded" when trying to run tar/zip/gzip/bzip2 on
them.

I've Googled quite a bit on this one and saw a few hints but nothing seems
to apply to my scenario... I checked /etc/security/limits.conf and
everything is commented out. I also checked the output of ulimit -f and it
says the size is unlimited. I'm running a kernel in the 2.4 flavor on an
ext3 filesystem.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
P

Patrick Drouin wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to back my MySQL file and they have grown quite a bit... I'm
> running in the "file size exceeded" when trying to run tar/zip/gzip/bzip2
> on them.
>
> I've Googled quite a bit on this one and saw a few hints but nothing
> seems
> to apply to my scenario... I checked /etc/security/limits.conf and
> everything is commented out. I also checked the output of ulimit -f and it
> says the size is unlimited. I'm running a kernel in the 2.4 flavor on an
> ext3 filesystem.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> P

They wouldn't happen to be larger than 2G would they?

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:49:35 GMT, "Patrick Drouin" <patrick.drouin@uREMOVE-THISmontreal.ca> wrote:

> I'm trying to back my MySQL file and they have grown quite a bit... I'm
> running in the "file size exceeded" when trying to run tar/zip

..... http://www.partimage.org/

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\\\ and author: "Inside Linux", "C++ HowTo", "C++ Unleashed" ///
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Hello,

"Baho Utot" <baho-utot@philippines-island.org> wrote in message
news:7l1na1-bl2.ln1@mindanao.philippines-island.org...
>
> They wouldn't happen to be larger than 2G would they?

Hum, yes it dies when it reaches about 2G. Is that a limit of the ext2/ext3
filesystem? (

P

Hello,

"mjt" <mjtobler@removethis_consultant.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:uHaCb.12870$Ho3.6132@newsread1.news.atl.earth link.net...
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:49:35 GMT, "Patrick Drouin"
<patrick.drouin@uREMOVE-THISmontreal.ca> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to back my MySQL file and they have grown quite a bit... I'm
> > running in the "file size exceeded" when trying to run tar/zip
>
> .... http://www.partimage.org/

Well, I can read this in the software's doc:
"The linux 2.2 kernel does not support files larger than 2 GB, so the size
of your image must not exceed this limit. You can solve this problem using
the 2.4 kernel, which doesn't have this limitation. You can also split your
image into small files (of 1,9 GB for example). You also require a recent
glibc version: 2.2 or newer."

Basically this means that I should not be running into the problems I run
into at this moment... Could it be caused by glibc alone being to old?

Regards,
Patrick

Hello,

"Baho Utot" <baho-utot@philippines-island.org> a écrit dans le message de
news:7l1na1-bl2.ln1@mindanao.philippines-island.org...
> Patrick Drouin wrote:
>
> They wouldn't happen to be larger than 2G would they?

Yes they are. I thought this was a limit of the 2.2 kernel and not an
issue with the 2.4 kernel. I'm not sure I see what you are trying to tell me
here. ;o)

Regards,
Patrick

"Patrick Drouin" <patrick.drouin@uREMOVE-THISmontreal.ca> wrote in message
news:BamCb.54214$7C.13826@charlie.risq.qc.ca...
> Hello,
>
> "mjt" <mjtobler@removethis_consultant.com> a écrit dans le message de
> news:uHaCb.12870$Ho3.6132@newsread1.news.atl.earth link.net...
> > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:49:35 GMT, "Patrick Drouin"
> <patrick.drouin@uREMOVE-THISmontreal.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to back my MySQL file and they have grown quite a bit...
I'm
> > > running in the "file size exceeded" when trying to run tar/zip
> >
> > .... http://www.partimage.org/
>
> Well, I can read this in the software's doc:
> "The linux 2.2 kernel does not support files larger than 2 GB, so the size
> of your image must not exceed this limit. You can solve this problem using
> the 2.4 kernel, which doesn't have this limitation. You can also split
your
> image into small files (of 1,9 GB for example). You also require a recent
> glibc version: 2.2 or newer."
>
> Basically this means that I should not be running into the problems I run
> into at this moment... Could it be caused by glibc alone being to old?

Yup. This is why "I'll just update that widget and everything will work with
the new capabilities" often fails, because there are other dependencies. For
something as fundamental as the maximum file size, it's a serious issue....

Hello Nico,

"Nico Kadel-Garcia" <nkadel@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ZdKdncitIqmA-0aiRVn-hA@comcast.com...
>
> > Basically this means that I should not be running into the problems I
run
> > into at this moment... Could it be caused by glibc alone being to old?
>
> Yup. This is why "I'll just update that widget and everything will work
with
> the new capabilities" often fails, because there are other dependencies.
For
> something as fundamental as the maximum file size, it's a serious
issue....

Well, I checked and it turns out my system is running glibc 2.3.2-4.80.6 so
it SHOULD be able to avoid the 2G filesize limit... Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Patrick