CC'ed to ext3-disc...@opensolaris.org because this is an ext3 on Solaris issue. ZFS has no problem with large files, but the older ext3 did.
See also the ext3 project page and documentation, especially http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Project+ext3/Project_status -- richard On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Michelle Knight wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Situation, 64 bit Open Solaris on AMD. 2009-6 111b - I can't successfully > update the OS. > > I've got three external 1.5 Tb drives in a raidz pool connected via USB. > > Hooked on to an IDE channel is a 750gig hard drive that I'm copying the data > off. It is an ext3 drive from an Ubuntu server. > > Copying is being done on the machine using the cp command as root. > > So far, two files have failed... > /mirror2/applications/Microsoft/Operating Systems/Virtual PC/vm/XP-SP2/XP-SP2 > Hard Disk.vhd: File too large > /mirror2/applications/virtualboximages/xp/xp.tar.bz2: File too large > > The files are... > -rwxr-x--- 1 admin applications 4177570654 Nov 4 08:02 xp.tar.bz2 > -rwxr-x--- 1 admin applications 2582259712 Feb 14 2007 XP-SP2 Hard > Disk.vhd > > The system is a home server and contains files of all types and sizes. > > Any ideas please? > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
