From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fed1rmmtao08.cox.net ([68.230.241.31]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CQiLz-0004cN-00 for ; Sun, 07 Nov 2004 03:24:51 -0500 Received: from lnx2.holmesgrown.com ([68.98.98.68]) by fed1rmmtao08.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-117-20041022) with ESMTP id <20041107082401.CIKJ9263.fed1rmmtao08.cox.net@lnx2.holmesgrown.com> for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 03:24:01 -0500 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.5] ident=mail) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1CQiL6-0008Mo-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 07 Nov 2004 01:23:56 -0700 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.20) id 1CQiLI-0001DI-1U for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 07 Nov 2004 01:24:08 -0700 Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 01:24:07 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-ID: <20041107082405.GA4658@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: "Steve Holmes,,," Subject: Tar Backups and Size Limits X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 08:24:56 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey, I'm trying to backup my linux system (home directories to a 200 GB external drive using tar. It seems that there is an upper size limit either due to the fat32 file system on this external drive or tar. I can't emagine tar having imposed any limits. So I tried to use -M multi-volume option and a -L limit of 4GB. It got through the first file seemingly ok and it put up the prompt to start the next file. Well, I figured tar would just go ahead and create the next file with a different suffix or something. Well, it appears that it did not. When I looked in another console I saw that the size of the second archive started over as I would expect but it is actually the original file. In other words, I think the back procedure is overlaying the first file. The tar command I used is: tar -cvf archive.tar -M -L 4000000 FILES... I figured later I would do incremental backups against this tar file. Am I missing something? If I reformatted my external drive as ext3 or something, I could probably have done all this without size limits but I also intend to use this same drive to backup my winblows boxes as well. This is a 200 GB drive with a pre configured VFAT single partition. Any ideas out there? Thanks. - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBjdulWSjv55S0LfERAjvcAJ4nP7C/cVtMo6iLhoHqCg94skviVgCeMdQF 2kuZ0rrTJ+K7r4TbTsWkAh8= =nOgl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----