Thanks for the reply Buchan. I'll try cifs instead of smbfs. On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 07:28, Buchan Milne wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > | Hi all. > | > | I have recently introduced two 5.5TB XFS filesystems to our storage > | backend. I export the filesystem via samba 3.0.3 on Fedora core 2. > | Linux clients that mount the share show only 2TB available. Windows > | clients show the full capacity. Before I put these filesystems into > | production I'd like to find out if the reported filesystem size is going > | to cause a problem. Is SMB actually limited to 2TB? If so, why do > | Windows clients see the full capacity? Is this a limitation of the > | samba client software on the linux side? > > Well, only if you are using samba client software (ie smbclient, but > *not* smbmount or mount.cifs). > > Are you smbmount'ing the share? If so, this may be a limitation in the > smbfs filesystem driver in the kernel. You may want to try using the > cifs driver (mounting with mount.cifs which is part of samba), which is > available in the 2.4 kernels of some distros (ie Mandrake 9.2 and > later), and 2.6 kernels for others. > > Regards, > Buchan > > - -- > Buchan Milne Senior Support Technician > Obsidian Systems http://www.obsidian.co.za > B.Eng RHCE (803004789010797) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFApNejrJK6UGDSBKcRAvHAAKCYkYBvOgsauwjwQeikqw/sD2cG9QCglUSt > 0bOrbI9PtrHGTjs7YpHIzZI= > =PvT6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- David Smithson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Custom Film Effects www.customfilmeffects.com 818-840-6833 x126
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