2 GiB file limit and pipes

[Christoph Doerbeck A242369]

if you're writing to a ext2 partition I think your problem still exists.

However, if you setup a RAW partition and | dd  of=/dev/sdXX it
should work fine.

"E. Wiliam Horne" wrote:
> Thanks for reading this: I've another question about the 2 GiB file size
> limit in ext2.
> 
> I'm copying files from one ("old") disk to a new volume, and I'd like to
> use TAR to do it, but I've run into the 2 GiB file limit.
> 
> Jerry Feldman showed me a method to use TAR with a pipe (thanks,
> Jerry!), and I need to know if it would be subject to the same limit.
> 
> In other words, if I do 
> 
> tar cf - <old_volume_root> | tar xf - <new_volume_root>, would that
> avoid the 2 GiB barrier?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> Bill Horne
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