-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My problem is that whenever I try to copy a large file from a client > machine to a fat32 partition (ext3 works fine) mounted under samba, the > host linux machine will lock up completely. I can, however, copy small > files to the fat32 partition just fine (ie. 1 KB to 1 MB size file), > it's only when I copy files that are about 200 MB and larger, that the > computer will lockup. NAT still functions, but telnet will no longer > work and the host keyboard becomes completely unresponsive. All the > host processes lock up (web server, swat, etc), and I can only press the > reset button to get the machine up again. > ... > > I've used the linux kernels 2.5.30 to 2.5.43, and have tried samba > 2.2.5-2.2.6, and the problem exists through all of them. I can ftp > large files to the fat32 partition just fine, so I really believe the > issue lies in samba. I cannot switch the partition to a different > filesystem, because I need the data on the drive to be accessible by > Windows 2000 as well. Also, I need to use the linux 2.5.x kernel, > because 2.4.x does not correctly support my network cards, and ide > controller. By definition, the 2.5.x kernel tree is a development tree. Network cards are cheap. I would recommend buying a card supported by a 2.4 Linux kernel and trying to reproduce the issue in that setup. I don't think spending time trying to track down an interop bug with 2.5 would be the most effective thing for us to do right now. cheers, jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard ------------------------- http://www.hp.com SAMBA Team ---------------------- http://www.samba.org GnuPG Key ---- http://www.plainjoe.org/gpg_public.asc ISBN 0-672-32269-2 "SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed "I never saved anything for the swim back." Ethan Hawk in Gattaca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iD8DBQE9sAt4IR7qMdg1EfYRAhcIAJ9QfNvGyooxhwT+cuyJzQXDOsEbTACg7dbQ /fFFVjk54JD/fmrJDcWLkIA= =XbzA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
