Joerg Schilling wrote: > Tim Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hey Joerg, >> >> On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 13:47 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> >>>> How about flar ? >>>> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5668/flash-24?a=view >>>> [ I'm actually not sure if it's supported for zfs root though ] >>>> >>> Isn't flar based on the outdated cpio? >>> >> cpio was updated to support ZFS ACLs as part of "PSARC 2002/240 ZFS", if >> that's what you're referring to ? >> > > cpio does not support files > 8 GB (POSIX archive variant) or files > 4 GB > (SVr4 archive variant) and cpio does not support sparse files. > cpio is not extensible without introducing a new incompatible cpio like > archive format. This is what has been decided ~ 10 years ago on the POSIX > mailing list and this is why the infinitely extensible tar format was created > under the name "pax". > > P.S.: I am talking about the cpio program creating "cpio" archives and this > is > what I believe happens in flar. > > Is this what you are referring to? > > > Jörg > >
Reading the flar(1) man page, and looking at the -L option, then reading flash_archive(1) leads me to believe that flar uses cpio by default as the archival tool, but also supports pax. The actual flar file output as a result is a special format unique to flar, so there is no limit on filesize intrinsic to flar itself. -- Erik Trimble Java System Support Mailstop: usca22-123 Phone: x17195 Santa Clara, CA Timezone: US/Pacific (GMT-0800) _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
