Re: [TCLUG:14370] Linuxcare contact

["Eric M. Hopper" <hopper@omnifarious.mn.org>]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 08:50:22AM -0600, Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com wrote:
> As much as this seems to be a common solution to "cloning" that the
> Linux world likes to use, what about the 2GB filesize limit?  I can't
> dd my machines like that, because ext2 can't handle anything bigger
> than a 2GB file.  Or perhaps most everybody out there these days has
> Alphas, and I've just missed the boat...

	Use a different filesystem than ext2.  :-) I think ReiserFS will
handle large files, but I'm not sure.  Sounds like something to test.

	Also, it shouldn't be too hard to use dd to generate several
< 2G sections that are pasted together (again with dd) to make a
complete harddrive.

Have fun (if at all possible),
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