On Tue, 7 Jul 1998 samba@samba.anu.edu.au wrote:
>
> I've recently installed Version 1.9.18p8 on a V2.6 Solaris x86 box.
> This system has an 8GB disk that I'm sharing out using Samba.
> After I map this share to a drive letter on my V4 NTWS, the
> properties for this drive reports that it is only 4GB.
>
> Is this a known "bug"?
> Other than the bogus information, will it have any adverse
> affects after the disk fills up to exceed 4GB used?
>
Hi,
Not a bug: a feature of Microsloth products, which deny the existence of
anything that takes more than a 32-bit number to describe. Some M$
products use a signed 32-bit number for this purpose, so the limit for
them is 2GB.
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Peter Blake
ppb@hft.co.uk
ppb@baloo.tcp.co.uk