From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D2A51381F3 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 14:00:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DFC84E09EF; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 14:00:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B7134E09AD for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 14:00:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MU0hV-1Urd7j46cr-00RNM3; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 10:00:20 -0400 Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 09:00:17 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ext3 FS File Size Limits Message-ID: <20130602140017.GB3387@server> References: <20130602045540.9e274421fd39338ae764a06f@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130602045540.9e274421fd39338ae764a06f@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:J0qlSYuuN8MaNh8C+uXXL6UjtkTu66qL2KmSTgXrqhs MLunUY3+eS/Gh2/dx/9i60S1Hrp5h1UWmQF9chGp5OAJlU2yun I5Do+z96VpQ7LZMPJvyu15+hCxNQRpNqijB12BChvBRaOdnZqb rnUXkqDZ3tbxbIXt7svkrRb2TPTS4SwJ6KYpKe1YjMhCRg6V9Q Mkx2CQlY/5/NPOTHMRuVaEfuERmt0BSzeU15/idlhVKHuHewps 6mkxGBLZm+gM26KozvIy0JC/YyC8Q3MxG8L+FCwCqes8c9Hs8Y qVUAgAI7SiAadGL8ilBqKEw2eB4pdM+JcmagA02MAG6Ow2TUIV 5xNlxB7D+l1cOlBv2k74= X-Archives-Salt: 1542690f-9727-48f0-b826-b74617a2e8eb X-Archives-Hash: f4c22dae9f21c9636cdb8ebef67d93d3 On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 04:55:40AM -0700, Fast Turtle wrote: > I've been going around with this little problem for a while. > > I have several 30GB files I'm trying to restore from an NTFS formatted external backup to an ext3 partition, yet every attempt has failed right after 16GB of copying without fail or error message. They silently failing and I'm stumped. > > One of the possible causes I've thought of was running out of innodes but don't know how to check that or any of the other options used to create the file system on - anyone want to help there? > > I've also decided to look at the mke2f.conf file in /etc and see some default options being passed that may be causing the problems > > [defaults] > base_features = sparse_super,filetype,resize_inode,dir_index,ext_attr > default_mntopts = acl,user_xattr > enable_periodic_fsck = 0 > blocksize = 4096 > inode_size = 256 > inode_ratio = 16384 > > Normally I use either a 1024 for most everything due to the many small files though for the partition I'm attempting to restore the files to, I've used 2048 as a compromise due to the number of larger files (music/videos) and critical backups from /etc > > I've also tried it with a default 4096 size on a 32GB ext2 formatted flash drive but even then, it's failing at 16GB w/o any error message. What command are you using to copy this data? Try: rsync -av /source/ /destination/ and see if you get any output when it fails. There have been other guesses, but with the information you've provided, that's all we can do. My "guess" is you're using cp and it gets to a large, corrupt file and fails. Post back with your command and it's output, then the rsync command above and it's output; as well as the inode command Dale gave you, and any other applicable commands you've had suggested. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting