--- In ib-support@yahoogroups.com, "Leyne, Sean" <sleyne@a...> wrote:

> Fabrice,
>
>
> > Firebird version: LI-V6.2.908 Firebird 1.0 (classic-64)
> > OS: Linux/debian kernel 2.4.20
> >
> > When trying to backup a database larger than 2Go (gbak -b
> > /database/file.gdb -t /database/file.gbk ), I got the following error
> > message:
> >
> > File size limit exceeded
> >
> > Is it a normal behaviour of gbak? In that case, is there another tool
> > (linux) I could use to perform backup & restore?
>
> Are you sure that the kernel/file system supports files larger than 2GB?
>
>
> Sean

Yes, I rebuilt the kernel with XFS support and use a whole 20Go disk
with one XFS filesystem. (BTW, this works very well, during a test I
could a FB database of 20Go in 30 minutes, updates and selects are
very quick too).
Fabrice