Knoppix file size limit? SOLVED

[Michael Hipp]

Michael Hipp wrote:

> Tim Wunder wrote:
> 
>> Could be this:
>> http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2003-January/060597.html
>>
>> An smbmnt kernel issue.
>> Of course the link to the fix is broken...
>>
>> <checks more google hits...>
>> Try this:
>> http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Jun/0752.html
>>
>> That is, if you can remount the smb mount with the -lfs option without 
>> too much dificulty...
> 
> 
> That looks like a possible hit.
> 
> I know the server works with large files so I'll try that option on the 
> client-side mount command.
> 
> I wonder why neither 'man mount' nor 'man smbmount' knows anything about 
> such an option? I looked for something like that before posting.

That worked and running Knoppix under the 2.4 kernel no less. The .iso 
file is at 3.5GB and climbing. All it took per the above link supplied 
by Tim was to add the 'lfs' option to mount thusly:

mount -t smbfs -o lfs //server/share /mnt/point

So it's a Samba feature.

That's worth remembering. Still wonder why man mount or man smbmount did 
not reveal such a secret.

Thanks to all who responded.

Michael