2008/12/16 Jayakumar K K <[email protected]>: >> I've mounted a samba share (smbfs), and tried to backup my files, to it. >> I tried 3 methods, using file-roller GUI(creating tar on mounted >> drive), normal 'cp -R' method, and rsync. All of them failed in >> between, because some (2) files are very large in size, 2.9GB, and >> 4.3GB. >> What could possibly be the mistake? It usually gives some message >> like, "Large File Size", or something, rsync just fails, with some >> error. >> > > Google gave me this. > http://linux.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/alt.os.linux/2006-02/msg00381.html > > Looks like SMB does not mount with LargeFileSupport (LFS) by default. > Mounting with 'lfs' option might help > <snip> > So either : Hi,
> mount -t smbfs //server/share /mountpoint -o lfs other-options or Thank you!, that worked. Venkatesh Nandakumar > mount -t cifs //server/share /mountpoint -o options > </snip> > > - > Jay > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
