On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:40:13 +0000, T o n g wrote: > I created a Linux system tar ball without using the --sparse switch. The > .tar.bzip2 tar ball is only of 1.5G in size. However, restoring such tar > ball into a 10G partition would fail: > > Cannot write: No space left on device (...) Maybe a "tmpfs" limit related issue? Greetings, -- Camaleón