SAMBA 2Gb limitation???

[otheos]

I was tar-ing a large local folder to a SAMBA share (off a win2K box with NTFS5), when the file reached 2Gb, it gave me a broken pipe!!

is it possible that SAMBA is 2Gb limited (like FAT16/32?)

Tried it again... at exactly 2048MB ... broken pipe!

If yes, how do I go around it?

[DMR]

I think you're actually hitting the 2G filesize limit in glibc. Then again, I could just be smoking crack... ;)

[Lorithar]

The problem lies in glibc .. and since *nix in general including kernel, relies on glibc yes .. this is the problem ... There are libraries that work around the 2gig file limit, however they are mostly proprietary and installing utilities with them requires rebuilding the kernel/apps/utils etc...

[otheos]

The closer you get to windows....... problem start!

Anyway thanks for the help. Are newer versions going to address the problem?

And now for the stupid question: does any version of Windows support NFS?

Thanks again.

[DMR]

Originally posted by otheos:
<STRONG>And now for the stupid question: does any version of Windows support NFS?</STRONG>Not natively, but there are third party solutions (http://www.networkcomputing.com/ibg/Chart?guide_id=544).

[Gaccm]

what kernel version you using? if i remember correctly the 2.4.x kernels dont have the 2GB file size limit, but i'm not sure.

[otheos]

I use RH6.2 (2.2.14)

any free w2k NFS tools?

Thanks again

[compunuts]

I thought SAMBA had released version 2.0 and it solved 2 GB limitation as well as some Win2K file sharing support. Check out SAMBA.org for updated info.. on 2.0... I haven't update mine yet so I'm not really sure. But IIRC, that's what I read some where.