Problem backing up files on linux machine ( linux newbie )

donbanks_at_email2me.net
Date: 07/28/05 

Date: 28 Jul 2005 04:15:28 -0700

I have a problem backing up files on my Linux machine. I have tried
using tar and cpio but the file exceeds the 32 bit file size limit of 2
GB. Ideally I would like a backup that was a replication of the file
system so I could access the files individually not in an archive I
also want to exclude the filesystem I am writing the backup too for
obvious reasons.

Can anyone help pls.

Don

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