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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!surfnet.nl!swidir.switch.ch!mc5.mcnet.ch!usenet From: Benoit.Rossier@mcnet.ch (Benoit Rossier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: backup more than 2GB Date: 20 Feb 1997 10:06:22 GMT Organization: MCNET InterNetNews site Lines: 13 Message-ID: <5eh7mu$9f4@mc5.mcnet.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: pcwin95.mcnet.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35902 Hi, I have a little problem with backup. We have 4GB DAT drive without compression (8Gb with) and we use 120m cartridge. It's FreeBSD 2.1.0 When I backup more than 2GB it report a value of -1195769856 for ie (with tar --totals). Is this normal or a bug? Thanks, Benoit Benoit.Rossier@mcnet.ch