Well, it looks like the issue isn't NFS, but xcdroast and/or cdrecord. I installed k3b, today, and I was able to create 4GB image files, across the network, with no problems. On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Mike Burger wrote: > My problem, though, is that the limit appears to be present in NFS, as > well. > > On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Guy Fraser wrote: > > > The only 4GB limit I am aware of is using vfat and is a limitation of > > fat32. As was previously reported SMB has a 2GB limit. Ext2 and Ext3 > > can all have files larger than 4GB. > > > > As for FTP, I have heard of some windows clients that can't handle > > more than 4GB, but the standard linux ones can or we would not be > > able to download the 4.7 GB DVD images. > > > > > > On Sun, 2004-26-12 at 21:49 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote: > > > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > > 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? > > > > > > > > > > I was working on a server that I setup and was transfering an 8 gig+ > > > file via ftp to the server which transfered without problem. When > > > transferring the file from the server to the client machine, the file > > > stopped transfer at 4 gb or 2 gb (memory fails for exactness). When > > > trying to view the 8gb file in the http server, it also disapeared at a > > > size greater than 4 gb area and was not visible from the http server. > > > > > > I then resorted to samba to transfer the 8 gb+ file to the client from > > > the samba share on the server. > > > My question: Is there a 4gb limit for http and ftp outgoing on Fedora? > > > If so, how would one overcome the 4 gb limit? Samba using the default > > > setup seems to not have the file size limitation. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe
