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Date:	Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:49:23 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< cdbrady@telocity.com, SCOUG Help > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: BA2KCMD Feature Requests

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I do not believe that this is the case with any 32 bit OS. However, I'm
not the expert, here. I'll send this issue forward to my OS/2 user
group.

Steven et al:

Do you know if the "64bit WSEB large file support" can over come the 2GB
file size limit on JFS and/or HPFS(386) partitions? Please read below.

HCMotin
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Cliff Brady wrote:
>
> Harry Chris Motin wrote:
>
> >No, I'm sorry. The 2GB limit is the maximum allowable for the file
> >system (HPFS, JFS, NTFS, FAT32, etc.). It has nothing to do with BA2KCMD
> >or BA2Pro. It's the maximum limit on any 32 bit operating system, like
> >OS/2 or Windows.
> >
> I believe the 64bit WSEB large file support can over come this limit on
> JFS and maybe HPFS(386) or others. I have only seen this implemented on
> the recent mysql ports.
>
> >
> >2 raised to the 31 power (that is, 2^31) equals = 2,147,483,648 bytes =
> >2GB
> >
> >There are only 3 ways you can deal with the 2GB limit, using Back
> >Again/2000:
> >
> > 1. Break your backups into smaller pieces, each one under 2GB in size
> >
> This is where I was hoping some rexx would come in to create the backup
> set contents by recursing subdirectories until 2gig was reached, and
> then do this until all files are included. Then the sets would be
> seqentially created.
>
> > 2. Back up to tapes
> >
> Expensive.
>
> >
> > 3. Back up to CD
> >
> Slow and expensive.
>
> 4. Continue to use RAR to backup to drives across the 100mbit lan.
>
> >
> >For the first choice you do not defeat the 2GB limit, you just life
> >under it. For the last 2 options you defeat it by backing up to hardware
> >that that allows you to span the backup over as many tapes or CD's as
> >necessary to complete the backup. The last option, backing up to CD's,
> >is available only if you are using Back Again/2000 version 3.
> >
> 2. Does or can BA2KCMD work with BA2Pro? I have BA2Pro which works
> fine except for Item 1 above.
>
> Thanks for the reply,
>
> Cliff
>
> >
> >______________________________________________________________________________
> >
> >Cliff Brady wrote:
> >
> >
> >>1. Is there any way you can tweak BA2KCMD to overcome the 2 Gig limit of
> >>of DAT files when backing up to non-removable media like hard drives and
> >>lan drives with BA2K and BA2Pro?
> >>
> >>2. Does or can BA2KCMD work with BA2Pro? I have BA2Pro which works
> >>fine except for Item 1 above.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Cliff
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >

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