>However, the resultant home.tar file appears to be OK (I can extract it >without evident errors). > >Google shows a number of references to this problem but none seems >particularly relevant. > >I don't much like relying on files that have been generated with this >error. Any ideas? Can I ignore it?
Isnt that the error you get it you try to create a file which is bigger then the filesystem will allow? I seem to recall getting that when trying to create a >2GB archive on an ext2-partition?