[Samba] File size limit of 2Gb ish ?

Adam Williams awilliam at mdah.state.ms.us
Sat May 20 17:26:15 GMT 2006


are you running kernel 2.4 or 2.6?

Dave S wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am running samba 3.0.14 on ubuntu breezy badger networked with another 
> ubuntu machine and my XP laptop.
>
> File sharing is great except when a file exceeds 1.5 - 2 GB. The file transfer 
> fails after 1.5 - 2 GB  with a file to large error. This seems to be a limit 
> for linux - windows and linux - linux which is a pain when trying to move 
> large DVD iso's. 
>
> Does anyone know a workaround ? or come to that why is there such a low 
> limit ?
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
>   



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