dd: error writing ‘/backup/test.out’: File too large (at 17GB)
Issue
File creation gets a "File to large " error at 17GB
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Ext2 or Ext3 filesystems
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