On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 03:38, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Hello, Samba-users, > > please donīt beat me, but I have to ask this question here, as I > havenīt found an answer I can rely on until now. > > I am working on a solution for a backup-problem and one possible > solution could be the use of smbfs/smbmount. > > I am testing that now, mounting a WinXPHome(sorry, testing ...)-share > which is 20GB of size (8GB used) to my linux-box. The linux-box is a > bit more sophisticated (Kernel 2.6.0-test11 - Samba 3.0.0). > > I donīt want to get into details now, just my questions: > > - I am aware of a sizelimit of 2 GB or 4 GB when using smbfs. > What is the limit exactly and where does it come from ? > smbfs in the kernel ? smbmount ?
smbfs in the kernel cannot support the large files. smbmount in Samba 3.0 has the patches required to support the large file negotiation (that's the lfs option). > - I read about several patches and stuff, but that was all for older > kernels. Basically I would be happy if it works with kernel 2.4.x. > Could someone point me to the patches? > > I know that this topic ainīt new ... If you cannot use smbclient (really, it is easier!), and you want to patch your kernel, then patch it with the CIFS VFS: http://www.samba.org/samba/Linux_CIFS_client.html However, in your case, you don't even need to go this far - with the 2.6 kernel, CIFS is standard! Just select it just like you have smbfs and NFS. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] Student Network Administrator, Hawker College [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://samba.org http://build.samba.org http://hawkerc.net
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