Thread: how to open a .tar.bz2 file?
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-06-18 , 18:42
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Originally Posted by sam9953 View Post
I am downloading a dump for evopedia ans its size is 4Gb and there are two of them and the other is of 8Gb. when i try to copy that dum file(.tar.bz2) in my N900 it says that there is no disk space even though there is 18Gb left in my phone and when i try to extract the file it does not happen so now how should i use that dump file?
You can't copy them over because the FAT32 filesystem the N900 uses has a filesize limit of 4Gb. You'd be best extracting them on a PC (most current compression programs will handle .tar.bz2 files) and either copying them over, or writing them directly to a microSD card.
 

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