Re: problem with dumpall

> Hi !
> I have small problem
> amount size all databases ~5Gb
> I make dumpall >dumpfile
> when size dumpfile = 1024 dumpall print error and exit !
> Linux Slackware7.2 ext2 2.4.17 gcc2.95
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I think ext2 can't support file larger then 2G,
and your DB may be near 5Gb, so it's a problem.
take a look at:

http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?backup.html#BACKUP-DUMP-LARGE

or change to some journal filesystem like reiserfs would help.

    regards    laser