On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 11:55, andy thomas wrote: > On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Kristyan Osborne wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've looked though the archives but i've only found stuff on smbfs. > > > > What is the deal with the 2GB limit. I have a NT box do a backup though windows >backup to a samba share (samba 2.2.5 on SUSE 7.1 kernel 2.4.18). When it gets to 2GB >it stops and won't go any further. > > > > Is this a problem with samba, windows or the kernel??. > > No, its the Linux maximum file size limit. In fact, 2 GB is the limit > for most Unices. no it's not... 2gb is the limit for some filesystems... linux, aix, digital unix, bsds, etc. all can handle larger than 2g files
you need a better filesystem on your machine (like xfs) brad -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
