> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikkel > L. Ellertson > Sent: 14 April 2005 17:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [newbie] File size goes ballistic when viewed over Lan? > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have an iso file that is 2GB on a LAN connected Mandrake 10.2OE. > > However when the file is viewed over the LAN, konqueror > reports it as > > 16TB and says it will take 24hrs to transfer. Other files > in the same > > folder are ok. I've heard of bloat ware but this is ridiculous. Any > > ideas as to what is wrong? > > > Dumb question - how are you viewing the file? (smb mount, nfs > mount, ftp > server, etc?) It is possible this is variable type conversion > error. It > sounds like something is using an unsigned intiger to report the file > size, and it is being treated as a signed intiger later. Then this is > being converted to a signed long, and given to konqueror as > an unsigned > long as the file size. > > File sizes can be a problem when they get to be 2GB on 16 bit > processors. They can be a problem for smb file systems, > because Windows > 95 OSR1 and before didn't suport files larger then 2GB (or partitions > larger then 2GB.) So there is a problem reporting file sizes. > > Mikkel > -- Thanks for the reply, smb mount.
In the end I got really technical. I ripped the hard drive out, transferred it to the other PC, copied the file over, then put the drive back. I'll gloss over the problem of not booting due to the now missing hard drive and the quick lesson on editing fstab!! Steve
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