[Samba] File size limit of 2Gb ish ?

Gary Dale garydale at torfree.net
Sat May 20 20:25:56 GMT 2006


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
>
>  
>
Also, you could try using CIFS to mount your shares in Linux, rather 
than SMBFS.


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