If you're writing to a Windows system, you have to deal with the limitations of the Windows box's file system, right? Are you running NTFS or FAT32 on the Windows box? FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4GB that you would have to contend with.
Terry
>On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 07:55:51AM +0000, John H Terpstra wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> >> I do not want to nit pick, but please note that smbfs is not samba. >> smbfs is a kernel driver in Linux. >> >> smbclient is part of Samba. You should be able to use it to backup your >> files to a Win2K system and it should not be 2GB limited. >> >> - John T. >> >> >> > Hello, [EMAIL PROTECTED], >> > >> > Mittwoch, 19. November 2003, 17:09 you wrote: >> > >> > CLcd> Hi Everyone. >> > >> > CLcd> I'm still having that problem that my samba cannot backup more >> > CLcd> than 2 GB onto a Windows share (on a Win2K box) (see messages >> > CLcd> earlier in this forum - I have to backup a 66 GB file out of >database). >> > >> > On the other hand, David Morel has sent me this: >> > >> > > for the last time, the 2Gb limitation is a problem with smbfs in 2.4 >> > > kernels (which smbmount uses). To circumvent it, either find urban >> > > widmark's patches or use cifs with a 2.6 kernel. >> > > >> > > D.Morel >> > >> > I have not noticed that facts in my setup. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> John H Terpstra >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >-- >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
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