[plug] File Size limit

Matt Kemner zombie at wasp.net.au
Thu Feb 8 12:43:40 WST 2001


On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Earnshaw, Mike wrote:

> Is there a file size limit in Linux/Samba? I have need to xfer a 7Gb
> file from one system to another. I have the smb mounted NT share in /mnt
> but it will only copy/tar 2gb of the file, then stops.

What version of Linux?

Older (Pre ~2.2.14 I _think_) versions of Linux had a 2GB file limit.

You may need to update your "mount" etc programs as well (and your libc)

 - Matt




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