* Dale (dalek1967@bellsouth.net) [06.07.08 16:13]:
> Well, it seems tar can not handle 4.7Gb files any way.  I'm not sure why 
> but it seems happy with 2.2Gb files.  Anybody know about the upper limits 
> on tar?
>
Maybe it is more a problem of the specific fs, where you try to create 
it. If there the blocksize is to small (1024) then there is your 
problem.

What does dumpe2fs -h says about the blocksize of the specific device?

HTH
Sebastian

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