Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Failed login attempts problem and Volume size
From: TheJestr (thejestr@thejestr.rutgers.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 06 1997 - 15:23:07 EST
I downloaded and installed this new client and MacOS still sees my /g1
volume as 541 mb's it's actually 6gb and it sees the /u1 volume as 1.9 gb
and its actually 3.2gb. Any ideas? And this failed login attempt thing is
still a problem.
On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Andras Kadinger wrote:
thejestr
> TheJestr wrote:
> > 6GB Volume Problem:
> > Is there any possible way to get MACs to see volumes 5GBs or higher.
> > I installed MAC OS 8 and that didnt seem to work. I would rather not
> > split the volume as I installed this server for the sole purpose of
> > providing a large volume for my art departments huge files.
>
> I apologize if I am the nth telling You,
>
> 1. AFAIK, as long, as netatalk can see the entire volume, You can use
> it, with the only inconvenience of seeing it max ~2GB, and seeing max
> ~2GB free space in any case, which means, You can not copy more than
> ~2GB onto the volume _in_one_step_ (because Finder thinks, there is not
> enough space); the free space indication will only get lower, when there
> _really_ is less than ~2GB space. This ~2GB is a limitation of the AFP
> structures (somewhere there is a signed long - 31 bits=2G) - in order to
> avoid an overflow in the Macintosh client, netatalk has to give it
> something, it 'can take'.
>
> 2. AFAIK, this limitation has been lifted (somewhat - ?) in the new AFP
> specification; the newest AppleShare Client 3.7.2 (available from
> www.apple.com | Software Updates | Recent changes [as of today]) has a
> higher limit (I guess 64 bits - ?). As You say MacOS 8 cannot see 5GB or
> higher, this might mean, there is only 32 bits - 4GB; nevertheless,
> MacOS 8 (the one I use) has an older AppleShare Client; it is worth
> upgrading, because You finally don't have to press Option to get a
> TCP/IP connection - it is the default now. :-)
>
> Sincerely,
> Andras Kadinger
> bandit@freeside.elte.hu
>
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