hy. even if that had been a very common subject already, i still have this one big (litterary) problem. I want to backup our main school systems, based on a Win2k fileserver, to a linux box with samba 2.2.7a and red hat 7.3 with kernel 2.4. The backupfile, created by the windows backup utility, is bigger than 11 Gbyte. I tried nearly every possible way, with smaller files (of course), smbclient tar and get. but a big file is not transferable. At least, the filesize is no displayed correctly. but the file is always either cut of in the middle, or just grows infintive. I tried taring whole directories over smbclient, that worked, the file was good and big (5.3G, but many small files transfered, of course). I thought that the file size limit from 4 gbyte was not applicant any more.. or am i wrong? am I just totally confused? does anybody have any option on how to fix this problem? thx patrick -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
i am having a similar problem with files over 4 GB....help would be greatly appreciated "Patrick Blitz" <blitz@thegrahamschool.org> wrote in message news:MEEOJODKHICCGJPADIBPCEPBCAAA.blitz@thegrahamschool.org... hy. even if that had been a very common subject already, i still have this one big (litterary) problem. I want to backup our main school systems, based on a Win2k fileserver, to a linux box with samba 2.2.7a and red hat 7.3 with kernel 2.4. The backupfile, created by the windows backup utility, is bigger than 11 Gbyte. I tried nearly every possible way, with smaller files (of course), smbclient tar and get. but a big file is not transferable. At least, the filesize is no displayed correctly. but the file is always either cut of in the middle, or just grows infintive. I tried taring whole directories over smbclient, that worked, the file was good and big (5.3G, but many small files transfered, of course). I thought that the file size limit from 4 gbyte was not applicant any more.. or am i wrong? am I just totally confused? does anybody have any option on how to fix this problem? thx patrick
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Adnan Olia wrote:> even if that had been a very common subject already, i still have this > one big (litterary) problem. I want to backup our main school systems, > based on a Win2k fileserver, to a linux box with samba 2.2.7a and red > hat 7.3 with kernel 2.4. The backupfile, created by the windows backup > utility, is bigger than 11 Gbyte. I tried nearly every possible way, > with smaller files (of course), smbclient tar and get. but a big file is > not transferable. At least, the filesize is no displayed correctly. but > the file is always either cut of in the middle, or just grows infintive. > I tried taring whole directories over smbclient, that worked, the file > was good and big (5.3G, but many small files transfered, of course). I > thought that the file size limit from 4 gbyte was not applicant any > more.. or am i wrong? am I just totally confused? does anybody have any > option on how to fix this problem? thx patrickPlease send me some more details. Are you using smbclient to transfer to>2Gb file? Or are you copying it to the Samba box from a windows client?cheers, jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard ------------------------- http://www.hp.com SAMBA Team ---------------------- http://www.samba.org GnuPG Key ---- http://www.plainjoe.org/gpg_public.asc ISBN 0-672-32269-2 "SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed "You can never go home again, Oatman, but I guess you can shop there." --John Cusack - "Grosse Point Blank" (1997) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iD8DBQE9/eU8IR7qMdg1EfYRAu8zAKCqVT6srlgg7acF3Onj0tQInbJ9nACeILY3 KlJ8nNsCLK9HZE3UzUowtpg=Qbh7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Yes, I am using smbclient to copy a file of 5GB to a Win2000 Server. The process copies 4 GB and then stops and shows it is completed, even though the file is greater than 4 GB on the Linux Server (Mandrake Linux kernel 2.4.x). Is there a 4GB limit on SMBCLIENT?? Thanks Adnan Olia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald (Jerry) Carter" <jerry@samba.org> To: "Adnan Olia" <adnan@intradyn.com> Cc: <samba@lists.samba.org> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [Samba] Re: large files with 2.2.7a> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Adnan Olia wrote: > > > even if that had been a very common subject already, i still have this > > one big (litterary) problem. I want to backup our main school systems, > > based on a Win2k fileserver, to a linux box with samba 2.2.7a and red > > hat 7.3 with kernel 2.4. The backupfile, created by the windows backup > > utility, is bigger than 11 Gbyte. I tried nearly every possible way, > > with smaller files (of course), smbclient tar and get. but a big file is > > not transferable. At least, the filesize is no displayed correctly. but > > the file is always either cut of in the middle, or just grows infintive. > > I tried taring whole directories over smbclient, that worked, the file > > was good and big (5.3G, but many small files transfered, of course). I > > thought that the file size limit from 4 gbyte was not applicant any > > more.. or am i wrong? am I just totally confused? does anybody have any > > option on how to fix this problem? thx patrick > > Please send me some more details. Are you using smbclient to transfer to > >2Gb file? Or are you copying it to the Samba box from a windows client? > > > > > cheers, jerry > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hewlett-Packard ------------------------- http://www.hp.com > SAMBA Team ---------------------- http://www.samba.org > GnuPG Key ---- http://www.plainjoe.org/gpg_public.asc > ISBN 0-672-32269-2 "SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed > "You can never go home again, Oatman, but I guess you can shop there." > --John Cusack - "Grosse Point Blank" (1997) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ > > iD8DBQE9/eU8IR7qMdg1EfYRAu8zAKCqVT6srlgg7acF3Onj0tQInbJ9nACeILY3 > KlJ8nNsCLK9HZE3UzUowtpg> =Qbh7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Yes, I am using smbclient to copy a file of 5GB to a Win2000 Server. The process copies 4 GB and then stops and shows it is completed, even though the file is greater than 4 GB on the Linux Server (Mandrake Linux kernel 2.4.x). Is there a 4GB limit on SMBCLIENT?? Thanks Adnan Olia "Gerald (Jerry) Carter" <jerry@samba.org> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0212160837010.9205-100000@queso.plainjoe.org...> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Adnan Olia wrote: > > > even if that had been a very common subject already, i still have this > > one big (litterary) problem. I want to backup our main school systems, > > based on a Win2k fileserver, to a linux box with samba 2.2.7a and red > > hat 7.3 with kernel 2.4. The backupfile, created by the windows backup > > utility, is bigger than 11 Gbyte. I tried nearly every possible way, > > with smaller files (of course), smbclient tar and get. but a big file is > > not transferable. At least, the filesize is no displayed correctly. but > > the file is always either cut of in the middle, or just grows infintive. > > I tried taring whole directories over smbclient, that worked, the file > > was good and big (5.3G, but many small files transfered, of course). I > > thought that the file size limit from 4 gbyte was not applicant any > > more.. or am i wrong? am I just totally confused? does anybody have any > > option on how to fix this problem? thx patrick > > Please send me some more details. Are you using smbclient to transfer to > >2Gb file? Or are you copying it to the Samba box from a windows client? > > > > > cheers, jerry > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hewlett-Packard ------------------------- http://www.hp.com > SAMBA Team ---------------------- http://www.samba.org > GnuPG Key ---- http://www.plainjoe.org/gpg_public.asc > ISBN 0-672-32269-2 "SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed > "You can never go home again, Oatman, but I guess you can shop there." > --John Cusack - "Grosse Point Blank" (1997) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ > > iD8DBQE9/eU8IR7qMdg1EfYRAu8zAKCqVT6srlgg7acF3Onj0tQInbJ9nACeILY3 > KlJ8nNsCLK9HZE3UzUowtpg> =Qbh7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >