[Samba] File size limit of 2Gb ish ?

Dave S samba at pusspaws.net
Sat May 20 22:32:27 GMT 2006


On Saturday 20 May 2006 16:34, 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

Hi all,

I am using 2.6.12 kernel, fat 32 on windows but not on my other ubuntu 
machine :)

Dave


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