problem transferring large files

[lordesp27]

hi guys, i have a problem transferring large files like video to my pogoplug V2. i installed samba and dlna. i can transfer document and pictures with no problem. also there is no problem if i copy from pogoplug to any computer. appreciate any help. thanks

[moonman]

What is the problem? Can you give a little more detail:

What's the filesystem on the hdd
What error do you get, if any
Yous smb.conf

[lordesp27]

my hdd has ntfs. problem is when i transfer movies from windows to my alarm, it will give an error saying cant connect to alarm. but if i transfer documents or picture, its ok.

here is my smb.conf. i copied this from rty.

[global]
workgroup = WHITEHOUSE
server string = First Lady Samba Server
netbios name = MICHELLE
name resolve order = bcast host
disable netbios = no
security = user
null passwords = yes
map to guest = bad user
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
dns proxy = no
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=131072 SO_SNDBUF=131072 SO_KEEPALIVE
use sendfile = yes
min receivefile size = 16384
write cache size = 1097152
read raw = yes
write raw = yes
load printers = no
printing = bsd
printcap name = /dev/null
disable spools = yes
strict allocate = yes

[Public]
path = /public
available = yes
read only = no
public = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
browseable = yes

[tedm]

not sure what might be wrong in your setup, but here is my smb.conf file, note that it is wide open on purpose for teaching/learning, and behind multiple security layers:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', ' cat smb.conf
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = OPEN_SHARE
netbios name = OPEN_SHARE
security = share

[printer]
load printers = no
printing = bsd
printcap name = /dev/null
disable spools = yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
dns proxy = no
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=131072 SO_SNDBUF=131072 SO_KEEPALIVE

[ArchLinuxARM]
path = /
read only = no
public = yes
writable = yes
force user = root

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
public = yes
writable = yes
browseable = yes
read only = no
create mode = 0777

[tmp]
comment = Temporary file space
path = /tmp
read only = no
public = yes

[public]
comment = Public Stuff
path = /home
public = yes
writeable = yes
printable = no

* - nofile 16384

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[Socaltom]

Are you sending all the files to the same location? Meaning can you copy a picture to the same folder that you are trying to transfer the movie?
Can you do an ls -l in the target directory for the transfer and post the results?

Tom

[lordesp27]

i tried copying the picture to to videos folder and yes it was able to transfer it.

ls -l result

total 28545504
-rwxrwxrw 2 root root 1508002009 ...

sorry i dont know how to copy from the terminal. but basicly the results are the filenames of the content of the folder.

BTW when i try to copy a large file to alarm, i would notice a ".fuse_hideen..." file that would apear in the folder and the size of the file is moving, just like its uploading. but when its done, the file disappears.

before i formatted my hdd to NTFS, there was no problem transferring files. this only happen when i switched to NTFS/\.

[Socaltom]

See if this thread helps
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5001

[lordesp27]

still no luck socaltom, i tried adding the option big_writes, but still it wont let me upload large file to ntfs hdd.

edited:

there is a little improvement though, i noticed it copied the file, but incomplete. instead of 2gig, it only copied 398mb of the file.

[Socaltom]

Did you format with windows or linux? Is it ntfs-3G? I've found several posts on line with people haing problems copying large files with ntfs, so I suspect it an ntfs issue or a format issue.
Tom

[lordesp27]

i formatted it using windows. i installed udevil by pacman -Sy ntfs-3g udevil, im not sure if thats what you mean...

update on my system, it was able to copy already. but it would still give me an error that there is a problem connecting in the middle of the transfer. despite of giving the error, i think it is copying in the background. when i checked my folder, the file was already there. its a fix already, but its just annoying everytime i copy somethin it would give me an error.