How to manage archive file of size greater than 2 Go:

# file to archive in file /tmp/fliste

find / -print > /tmp/fliste

# make archive in files CPIOaa , CPIOab .... ( see split command )

cat /tmp/fliste.txt | cpio -o -v -H crc | split -b 1000m - /archive/CPIO

# to restore

( for FILE in `ls /archive/CPIO[a-z][a-z]`
  do
    cat $FILE
  done ) | cpio -iBudvcm