Re: Loading in a compressed dump file

I suppose your NT-uncompress tool (mks, gzip_nt.exe) does not support files > 2GB.
So your question is not ORACLE-related. You might consider posting to a NT-newsgroup.

TimeVest Inc. wrote:

> So apparently a large database (6 gigs) was dumped in compressed
> format (.Z) to disk and is around 400 MBs. The file was created on
> Solaris 2.5.
>
> I copied the compressed file over to a 9 gig NFTS drive on an NT.
> Using the mks uncompress I tried to uncompress it. It created a 2 gig
> file. I tried again with gzip_nt.exe and it also created a 2 gig file.
>
> How am I supposed to load this database into the database if I can't
> even uncompress the dump file to it's full 6 gigs?
>
> Any ideas?!
>
> Bob
>
Received on Thu Jun 18 1998 - 13:57:38 CEST