For the record, the 2GB limit I was hitting was from the FAT32 Samba share.  

Dave  


dfox said onto me:  
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 |> I assume this 2Gb file size limit is a limitation within the ext2 file
 |> system?  Does ext3 have this same issue?  Which file systems can handle
 |
 |I could be wrong, but I think you'd run up against a 2gb limit regardless
 |of filesystem, because the library calls for lseek() which are used to
 |position to a point in the file have capacity for only long values (4
 |bytes) and 2gb is the biggest number you can put in a long (signed,
 |that is). Whether support exists for unsigned long (4gb) I don't know.
 |
 |Anything much greater than that and one needs support for 'long long'
 |(64 bit) types. I figure we won't be needing anything greater than
 |that anytime soon :).
 |
 |> Ashley
 | 
 |
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