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From: gentry@kcdev.UUCP (Art Gentry)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Large file systems
Summary: No problems here
Message-ID: <735@kcdev.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 89 14:30:25 GMT
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In article <473@kps.UUCP>, peno@kps.UUCP (Pekka Nousiainen /DP) writes:
> > What I would like to know is if anyone has found problems with large
> > partition sizes (up to 2 or 3 GB).
> 
> There's one practical problem with dump: To restore one file you may have
> to read through several tapes.  This can be a problem if the file system
> is used for "/users".  Apart from this I can't think of any problems.
> [additional verbiage deleted]
 
I have several 571meg file systems (max size of my discs) and have no problems
except as noted above.  One workaround I have used for that is to cpio out
individual directories.  Makes restoring files much easier.  Have always been
a little nerveous about multiple tape archives anyhow, Murphy says "if you
need a file from tape #9, tape #8 will be corrupt". :-)