2GB limit on samba and nfs?

Ow Mun Heng Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com
Mon Dec 27 01:55:12 UTC 2004


On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 03:51, Mike Burger wrote:
> Sorry for the cross post, but the environment calls for it.
> 
> I'm running a RHL9 server, and an FC2 client.
> 
> Whether by NFS or SMB, I'm running into the same problem.
> 
> On my FC2 client system, I'm trying to create a 3.5GB file on the RHL9 based
> server.  Every time I try, though, I get stuck at the 2GB mark.

this is a problem with smbfs. It's known to have a 2GB limit.
perhaps you can try using cifs?

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