I am trying to create backups on an external exFAT disk, but I keep getting errors. I have to use FAT (exFAT or FAT32), so my options are very limited. I will need this to backup both macOS and Windows.
My first go-to solution was using tar
with split
(1gb file size) on macOS, but I keep getting errors when checking the validity of the backup:
% cat Personnel.* | tar tvf -
drwxr-xr-x 0 ab staff 0 Feb 24 10:58 Personnel/
drwxr-xr-x 0 ab staff 0 Dec 1 14:02 Personnel/Settings/
-rw-r--r-- 0 ab staff 14340 Feb 24 10:58 Personnel/.DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x 0 ab staff 0 Jul 26 2021 Personnel/Forms/
tar: Special header too large
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
The command line is with a pipe (tar cvf - Personnel/ | split -b 1024m - Personnel.
).
I have checked the drive with Disk Utility, but no errors show up.
Sincerely, I have no clue, and google didn't help that much.
Any possible hints?