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List:       amanda-users
Subject:    Re: Question...
From:       Todd Pfaff <todd () water ! eng ! mcmaster ! ca>
Date:       1995-08-18 15:10:46
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On Fri, 18 Aug 1995, Ken Laprade wrote:

> > ...
> > >   DUMP: Estimated 2315196 blocks (1130.47MB) on 0.18 tapes.
> >                     ^
> >                     +-- this is the problem.  it's too big.
> >
> > Anything bigger than 2^31 (~2.15 blocks or 1.07GB) is too large for a signed
>
> 2^31 == 2147483648.  Amanda 2.2.6 easily dumps 2GB filesystems.  There are
> known problems with greater than 2GB filesystems because somewhere AMANDA
> calculates actual sizes in bytes.
>
> --
> Ken Laprade			Email: klaprade@harris.com
> Harris Corporation		Voice: (407)984-5727
> PO Box 98000, MS W2/7744
> Melbourne, FL 32902

Sorry for the misinformation.  I don't know what I was thinking when I
wrote that answer.  I've had this 2GB limit problem on my mind for a
while now and I obviously wrote before thinking it through clearly.

Humbly yours,
Todd Pfaff                        \  Email: pfaff@mcmaster.ca
Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920
McMaster University                 \  FAX: (905) 528-3773
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada  L8S 4M1   \

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