dd: error writing ‘/backup/test.out’: File too large (at 17GB)

Solution Verified - Updated -

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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