[Samba] Backup from Linux onto Win2K-share

Rácz Attila attiko at freemail.hu
Fri Nov 14 11:42:11 GMT 2003


2003. november 14. 12.35 dátummal Stefan G. Weichinger ezt írta:
> Guten Tag Carsten.Loeffler at command.de,
>
> am Freitag, 14. November 2003 um 11:08 schrieben Sie:
>
> CLcd> Hi.
>
> CLcd> I'm running Kernel 2.4.19 and Samba 2.2.5.
>
> CLcd> I'm in need to do a backup out of big SAPDB database (60 GB)
> CLcd> onto a share on a Win2K-box (all my databases have to backup
> CLcd> onto this w2K-box where they get saved on tape).
>
> CLcd> This works fine as long as it comes to 2 GB. Than it stops with
> CLcd> the message "file size exceeded". Obviously there is a file size
> limit CLcd> somewhere in Samba.
>
> CLcd> How can I get rid of it? I've tried to use a different kernel
> (2.4.22) CLcd> and I compiled as well as new Samba 3.0.1 from source (on a
> CLcd> different machine). But I still have the problem. Whats wrong?
>
> CLcd> (PS: NFS has a limit as well; 4 GB. But I need "unlimited" sizes)
>
> Seems like you hit the limit of the filesystem on the w2k-box.
> Not that of Samba.
>
> regards,
> Stefan G. Weichinger
> mailto:monitor at oops.co.at

I also think that Stefan.
May you use FAT32 on w2k?

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attiko




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