Solaris Flash Can Create an Archive That Includes Large Files

The flarcreate command no longer has size limitations on individual files. You can create a Solaris Flash archive that contains individual files over 4 Gbytes. The following two archive utilities are available for use:

• The portable archive interchange utility, pax, is the default. The archive can be created without size limitations on individual files.

• The cpio archive utility is invoked with -L cpio option. Individual files cannot be greater than 2 or 4 Gbytes. The size limitation depends on the version of cpio used. This option is useful for backward compatibility issues.

For more information, see Creating an Archive That Contains Large Files in Solaris Express Installation Guide: Solaris Flash Archives (Creation and Installation)