I was kinda surprised... I mounted a Windows XP share with smbfs, then I started to copy a 2.8GB file from the Linux box to the Windows share. After a while I got "File limit size exeeded". Where did that come from? Neither one of the systems has a limit of 2GB... -- Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I was kinda surprised... I mounted a Windows XP share with smbfs, then I started to copy a 2.8GB file from the Linux box to the Windows share.
After a while I got "File limit size exeeded". Where did that come from? Neither one of the systems has a limit of 2GB...
Maybe whatever (cp, dd, cpio, rsync etc.) you used to copy the file with had a limit? /Per Jessen, Zürich
Per Jessen wrote:
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I was kinda surprised... I mounted a Windows XP share with smbfs, then I started to copy a 2.8GB file from the Linux box to the Windows share.
After a while I got "File limit size exeeded". Where did that come from? Neither one of the systems has a limit of 2GB...
Maybe whatever (cp, dd, cpio, rsync etc.) you used to copy the file with had a limit?
I had the same issue. The problem is with smbfs not allowing files larger than 2GB. If my memory serves me correct FAT32 file systems can only hold a maximum file size of 2GB, this was possibly the reasoning behind it. The times I managed to copy the file to a Windows share, the file size on the Windows machine was always 2GB. Albert -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/131 - Release Date: 2005/10/12
On 2005-10-13 12:44 Albert wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I was kinda surprised... I mounted a Windows XP share with smbfs, then I started to copy a 2.8GB file from the Linux box to the Windows share.
After a while I got "File limit size exeeded". Where did that come from? Neither one of the systems has a limit of 2GB...
Maybe whatever (cp, dd, cpio, rsync etc.) you used to copy the file with had a limit?
I had the same issue.
The problem is with smbfs not allowing files larger than 2GB. If my memory serves me correct FAT32 file systems can only hold a maximum file size of 2GB, this was possibly the reasoning behind it.
The times I managed to copy the file to a Windows share, the file size on the Windows machine was always 2GB.
Albert
Then I can't understand why I can mount a samba share on the Windows box and copy 20+ GB files without any problems, but not the other way around? I tried both mv and cp. -- Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting
On Thursday, October 13, 2005 @ 2:54 AM, Anders Norrbring wrote:
On 2005-10-13 12:44 Albert wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I was kinda surprised... I mounted a Windows XP share with smbfs, then I started to copy a 2.8GB file from the Linux box to the Windows share.
After a while I got "File limit size exeeded". Where did that come from? Neither one of the systems has a limit of 2GB...
Maybe whatever (cp, dd, cpio, rsync etc.) you used to copy the file with had a limit?
I had the same issue.
The problem is with smbfs not allowing files larger than 2GB. If my memory serves me correct FAT32 file systems can only hold a maximum file size of 2GB, this was possibly the reasoning behind it.
The times I managed to copy the file to a Windows share, the file size on the Windows machine was always 2GB.
Albert
Then I can't understand why I can mount a samba share on the Windows box and copy 20+ GB files without any problems, but not the other way around?
I tried both mv and cp.
If I mount a Samba share and try to do a "cp" of a large file to it, it craters at app. 2G. Always has. Luckily, the share has an FTP serer, so I just ftp to it and do a "send". Greg Wallace
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:46:42 +0200, you wrote:
I was kinda surprised... I mounted a Windows XP share with smbfs, then I started to copy a 2.8GB file from the Linux box to the Windows share.
After a while I got "File limit size exeeded". Where did that come from? Neither one of the systems has a limit of 2GB... --
Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting
You don't mention which XP you're using (Home or Pro), or which filesystem (Fat32 or NTFS), but try mounting the file system as cifs instead of smb. I had a similar problem once and I think that was how I solved it. I think. Mike- -- Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments.
On 2005-10-13 14:04 Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:46:42 +0200, you wrote:
I was kinda surprised... I mounted a Windows XP share with smbfs, then I started to copy a 2.8GB file from the Linux box to the Windows share.
After a while I got "File limit size exeeded". Where did that come from? Neither one of the systems has a limit of 2GB... --
Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting
You don't mention which XP you're using (Home or Pro), or which filesystem (Fat32 or NTFS), but try mounting the file system as cifs instead of smb. I had a similar problem once and I think that was how I solved it. I think.
Mike-
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It's XP Pro SP2 with NTFS.. I'll make a try with cifs.. I'll let you know! Thanks. -- Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting
Anders,
It's XP Pro SP2 with NTFS.. I'll make a try with cifs.. I'll let you know! Thanks.
You can also use the smbclient command to copy the file. I have run into that same problem many times and each time I have ran smbclient in its place and the problem went away. Hope it helps. Thanks, Mark
Anders,
It's XP Pro SP2 with NTFS.. I'll make a try with cifs.. I'll let you know! Thanks.
You can also use the smbclient command to copy the file. I have run into that same problem many times and each time I have ran smbclient in its place and the problem went away. Hope it helps. Thanks, Mark
Anders,
It's XP Pro SP2 with NTFS.. I'll make a try with cifs.. I'll let you know! Thanks.
You can also use the smbclient command to copy the file. I have run into that same problem many times and each time I have ran smbclient in its place and the problem went away. Hope it helps. Thanks, Mark
On 2005-10-13 14:04 Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:46:42 +0200, you wrote:
I was kinda surprised... I mounted a Windows XP share with smbfs, then I started to copy a 2.8GB file from the Linux box to the Windows share.
After a while I got "File limit size exeeded". Where did that come from? Neither one of the systems has a limit of 2GB... --
Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting
You don't mention which XP you're using (Home or Pro), or which filesystem (Fat32 or NTFS), but try mounting the file system as cifs instead of smb. I had a similar problem once and I think that was how I solved it. I think.
Yep Mike.. Mounting with cifs made the trick. I successfully copied a 12GB file now. Thanks! -- Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting
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