Can not copy files Larger then 2GB from XP to Linux (Workaround)

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2006-03-08 04:07. Communications | Debian Support

If you mount a windows partition using smbfs, and then try to copy a file larger then 2GB to the server, the process aborts with an error

smb_proc_readX_data: offset is larger than SMB_READX_MAX_PAD or negative!

Workaround:
Mounting the XP machine using cifs does cure the problem.

mount -t cifs -o username=jhansen //192.168.60.226/video /mnt/video

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