Re[2]: [OpenAFS] afs backup to file (max filesize ??)

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Robin Yamaguchi wrote:

> Ron,
>
> I asked the same question a while ago on this list (actually, a lot of
> people have asked this question).
>
> > > My backups write to file, and regardless of what i put in tapeconfig,
> > > butc can't write more then 2GB.  I am running 2.4.20-8, ext3, afs 1.2.9
> > > for redhat 9, so I should be able to surpass this filesize limit.  Is
> > > this limit hardcoded in butc?
>
> Derrick Brashear responded:
> > You need the right flags at compile-time. I think we have a patch for
> > this but if so it would be "didn't make it into 1.2.9"
>
> I never figured out the compile-time options, nor is the patch avialable as
> far as I can tell.  I've learned that it's best to not harp developers on
> for patches, so I'm waiting for 1.2.10...

So I was wrong. The delta I mentioned earlier does also apply to the
backup suite (which, given what it is, makes sense). So, I'm looking at
what else it might be now.