4 GB Limit with ftp?

rab rab at nauticom.net
Mon May 31 17:37:45 UTC 2004


Kenneth Goodwin wrote:

>If you are running a 32 bit version of RH9 Kernel,
>you may be running into an OS limit on maximum
>file size. If you have source, check the disk inode
>structures filesize variables
>to see if they are 32 bit values.
>
>Dont know if it applies to RH9 in your case, but you might
>want to check that possibility before starting another
>download.
>
>The 4gb limit wont apply to disk structures such as
>partitions as they are addressed in terms
>of BLOCKS.  your problem sounds like this might be the
>issue.
>
>
>  
>
I used ncftp and it appears to have downloaded all 4+ gb.

Rick B.





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