[Gllug] Samba, Win98se & 4GB+ files

[FORSTER, David]

-----Original Message-----
Peter Ball wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Does anyone know if its possible to read and write files larger than 4GB
from Win98se client 
> on a simple Samba file server ?
> 
> I believe that its the Fat32 file system rather than Win98se which limits
the file size - but I'm 
> not 100% sure.

4Gb is definitely a limitation of the FAT32 file system, but I don't know
about whether the OS will enforce that limit when reading/writing to/from a
Samba share from a system which has no such limitation.

Like so much in the Windows world, common sense tells me it shouldn't, but
experience tells me it will!

David.

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