What prompted my hypothetical system question is I'm in the process of specing out a new file server and I thought maybe someone here would know if the setup would overcome the 2 gig limit I'm experiencing with our current server. The setup with the 2 gig barrier is running RH 6.1 (2.2) on a Pentium box with Samba 2.05a with software RAID tools serving ~100 gigs of drive space. Attempts to copy files larger than 2 gigs fail. I couldn't find documentation on the Red Hat or Samba sites to determine the cause. So is everyone saying that, except for some applications not programmed to deal with large files, RH7.2 on a dual pentium box running Samba should be able to deal with and serve files larger than 2 gigs? That it's basically a 2.4 kernel thing? Thanks, -terry At 12:22 AM -0800 2/3/02, Kevin McConnell wrote: >--- terry barnum <terry@dop.com> wrote: >> Here's a question I hope someone here might be able >> to answer. >> Will this machine be able to serve files larger than >> 2 gigs via Samba? > >out of curiousity, where are you getting the 2 gig >barrier from? There shouldn't be any problem with >this. If there is, please repost and let us know. > > >===== >Kevin C. McConnell --RHCE-- <RedHat Certified Engineer> > -- -terry digital OutPost http://www.dop.com
