can't zip large files 2gb >

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2007-05-01 15:58, David Banning <david+dated+1178481507.0b93b4 at skytracker.ca> wrote:
> I am attempting to zip large files that are 2GB - 3GB.
>
> uname -a;
>
> FreeBSD 3s1.com 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #7
>
> I have tried gzip, bzip2 from the ports and rzip.
>
> All give no errors on zipping, but will not unzip, siting CRC
> errors.
>
> Is there a maximum file size for zipping? Is my system too old?
> Maybe a file or library that all zip programs depend on that is
> corrupt?

A lot of the features related to file sizes and other attributes
of the files stored on a disk depend highly on the type of file
system used on the disk.

What file system does the destination directory live in?

- Giorgos