what is your samba share filesystem? if it is fat16 Maximum file size will be 2 GB.
Regards, Damodharan.K On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Venkatesh Nandakumar <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi, > > I've mounted a samba share (smbfs), and tit wried 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. > > Will creating an iso, with 'dd' help/work? > > Also, I want to include all hidden files, so, should I need to turn > 'shopt dotglob' on? > > Thanks, > Venkatesh Nandakumar > _______________________________________________ > 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
