restlessone Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 hi again... so i did manage to come to a point where i could connect my laptop to the network and install the image file from my desktop ( as i dont own a usb disc). everything looks fine.. paths are right... this time i stumble upon a file size problem. using knoppix, i mount the xp drive using smbfs (i guess) and this stops transfer/installation after 2GB and gives this error... anybody know any good advice for that ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1190-file-size-exceeded/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
8086ed Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Something must be using the FAT file system. I'm a n00b, so I don't know a way around it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1190-file-size-exceeded/#findComment-7196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
restlessone Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 xp box has NTFS.. am not sure if it is a windows thing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1190-file-size-exceeded/#findComment-7197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 xp box has NTFS.. am not sure if it is a windows thing. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's an smbfs thing. Either use cifs or include "lfs" in the mount options for smbfs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1190-file-size-exceeded/#findComment-7275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
restlessone Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 how can i use lfs or cifs ? knoppix says gifs and lfs arent supported by the kernel ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1190-file-size-exceeded/#findComment-7465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
restlessone Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 how how could i mount my xp drive as an ftp server ?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1190-file-size-exceeded/#findComment-7467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Run "mount" to see how it's mounted. You should see a line like //xp_machine/share on /mnt/share type smbfs (ro,username=restlessone) first do umount /mnt/share then do mount -t smbfs -o lfs,ro,username=restlessone //xp_machine/share /mnt/share or mount -t cifs -o ro,username=restlessone //xp_machine/share /mnt/share Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1190-file-size-exceeded/#findComment-7578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
restlessone Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 i did try that Jake...but didnt work... i am suspicious about the knoppix version i am using... getting the latest version right now.. I shall inform u as soon as possible... i wish those usb driver werent so expensive ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1190-file-size-exceeded/#findComment-8956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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