[sllug-members]: Network 2 GB Limit transfer

[Paul Koshevoy]

Jared Bernard wrote:
> I've set up a samba file server for our home network, but anytime I try to 
> transfer a file more then 2GB it fails. 
> 
> The Server is running CentOS 4.4 (which is basically RHEL) Kernel 2.6.9-42 and 
> Samba 3.0.10-1. It's a mixed network of Linux and windows. 
> 
> I've googled the issue and everything I've found seems to say that there was a 
> 2GB limit with kernel 2.4 and older samba versions, but apparently that 
> should have been fixed with newer versions. 
> 
> I know it's not a networking issue (at least with the clients or router) 
> because I can transfer over 2GB using Knoppix running as a liveCD wtih no 
> problems. 
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas what might be the issue and how I can go about 
> fixing it?
> 
> thanks,

It could be the underlying file system issue -- does FAT even support files
larger than 2GB?

	Paul.