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mick_nslu2 wrote:
> I've seen it mentioned on the wiki and came across it last night when I tried to move a 2.4GB file from my Topfield to my Slug. Same problem trying to move a larger than 2GB file from my PC to the Slug. Why is this happening? Is there a fix?
2GB is the maximum number you can fit into a signed 32-bit integer. A
lot of archaic filesystems --- including SMB (although this may have
been fixed in recent versions) --- store file sizes in said 32-bit
signed integers, so you can't have files bigger than that.
All modern file systems now allow proper 64-bit file sizes, so this
isn't a problem any more, but if you're stuck with SMB when transferring
files to the device, you're not going to be able to get large files onto
the filesystem.
You could use (a modern version of) NFS, or WebDAV, but that's probably
going to involve installing more software onto the device.
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David Given
dg@cowlark.com
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