Chris Barnabo wrote:
> In article <MPG.1c0f17ead8e65c949896b9@news-50.giganews.com>, I said ...
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>>I've just setup a Linux box (running Debian 2.2.20) and have setup Samba
>>on it to provide file sharing to a few WinXP clients. Normal file
>>operations (read/write/create/delete/etc.) are all working fine.
>>However, attempting to create large files (backup drive images,
>>specifically, each about 4GB) fails - as soon as the file reaches
>>2147483647 bytes the process fails. Creating the same file locally on
>>the WinXP box works fine.
>>
>>The receiving partition on the Linux box has about 130GB free, and is
>>using the ext2 filesystem. Is ext2 and/or Samba limited to filesizes of
>>2GB, or have I overlooked something?

With kernel 2.2.20 indeed the max filesize of ext2 is 2 GB..

(why don't you just use the woody kernel along with etx3 as I asume you
used a Woody image to install?)

Sander