Large file transfer

[Tom Buskey]

Tom Buskey wrote:
> mark ebaugh wrote:
> 
>> I am attempting to move a 43G file from a Mac to another machine for 
>> temporary archival purposes. The only machine (RH7.2) that has enough 
>> storage is on a different network, so it has been mounted on a 
>> different machine (RH7.3) that is connected to both networks. Every 
>> attempt at moving this file fails at the 2 Gig limit. Both RH boxen 
>> have latest Samba packages . What am I missing here ?
>>
>> thanks much
>> -Mark
> 
> 
> You need to upgrade the kernel(?) as that's where the 2GB file limit is. 
>  RH 9 (kernel 2.4.18) and probably 8 will handle it.

I should mention that I used tar | ssh -c blowfish remote 'dd > BFF' to 
test this.  No NFS or Samba limits involved.