On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 08:51 -0500, Tom wrote:
> On Thursday 28 November 2002 02:34 pm, you wrote:
> > Is there any way to copy 8Gig of files to a nt machine, keeping all
> > ownership/permissions/groups.
> >
> > I've tried taring but it stops at 2G.
> >
> > many thanks
> >
> > Mr Smiley
>
> I am sure that you have your reasons for coping "to" an NT machine. Not
> being an "NT" guru, I would have to ask "Must the transfer be done in one
> chunk"? You did not say where the 8 gigs to be transferred resides. Having
> knowledge of the origin of the transfer may help in the answer, afterall, we
> are not mindreaders, are we?!
Sorry I did not read the original mail.
IMHO it may be a lack of available space in /tmp which makes the
tar-process stop at 2G.
wobo
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