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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
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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