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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / October 2006How do I see > 4GB shared file on OSX from Virtual PC?
How do I set up file sharing so that I can see large (> 4 GB) OSX files on my Virtual PC [v. 7.0.2]? I cannot access the entirety of my large (shared) files using Virtual PC. My virtual disk is FAT32, so I'd expect this 4GB restriction on the VPC virtual disk, but when I share my host (Mac OS Extended, HFS+), I should be able to see > 4 GB files from the VPC. What happens is that the VPC sees all file sizes on the shared FS as their true size modulo 4 GB -- i.e., 4.5 Gig files are 0.5 G, 6 Gig files are seen as 2 Gig, etc. This is obviously should not happen. Can anyone suggest a fix/workaround? > How do I set up file sharing so that I can see large (> 4 GB) OSX files > on my Virtual PC [v. 7.0.2]? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Can anyone suggest a fix/workaround? What happens if you setup a Samba share? Can you "see" the file then? [check the man pages on samba if you don't know how to do this or you could buy a Samba book on the O'Reilley site]  SignatureDeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee... > How do I set up file sharing so that I can see large (> 4 GB) OSX files > on my Virtual PC [v. 7.0.2]? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > VPC virtual disk, but when I share my host (Mac OS Extended, HFS+), I > should be able to see > 4 GB files from the VPC. Why would you expect this? Just because they are Mac OS Extended or HFS+ format, you are still trying to access them from Windows so Windows rules still apply. BTW, you would not be able to do anything with them in VPC anyway. I reaaly don't understand what exactly you're trying to do. Would you care to explain in more detail? > What happens is that the VPC sees all file sizes on the shared FS as > their true size modulo 4 GB -- i.e., 4.5 Gig files are 0.5 G, 6 Gig > files are seen as 2 Gig, etc. > > This is obviously should not happen. This is exactly what should happen. > Can anyone suggest a fix/workaround? There is none. > How do I set up file sharing so that I can see large (> 4 GB) OSX files > on my Virtual PC [v. 7.0.2]? What's your host OS X version? What's your guest OS and version? I'm running OS X 10.4.8 and Windows XP SP2 and by using OS X SMB sharing over bridged networking. I've mounted my home directory (smb://host_ip/username) and I see a 10 GB file perfectly. I also know writing 10 GB works because I created that file from my Guest OS over SMB. The file shows 10,485,760 KB > > How do I set up file sharing so that I can see large (> 4 GB) OSX files > > on my Virtual PC [v. 7.0.2]? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > The file shows 10,485,760 KB That's through SMB, not via a shared folder, which I think, is what the OP was complaining about. So SMB does work for this? That's good to know. Guess the OP will need to set that up on their MacOS X system. SignatureDeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee... > That's through SMB, not via a shared folder, which I think, is what the > OP was complaining about. So SMB does work for this? That's good to > know. Guess the OP will need to set that up on their MacOS X system. Yes, I meant to say "use OS X Windows Sharing (SMB) instead of VPC Shared folders" as a workaround. Yes, the Samba / OS X Windows Sharing workaround works fine -- large files are all visible through Samba. Thanks to everyone who suggested this. This smells like a bug in Microsoft's Virtual PC sharing software. P.S. for record keeping. This is OS X 10.4.8, Mac VPC 7.0.2, and Windows XP SP2. > Yes, the Samba / OS X Windows Sharing workaround works fine -- large > files are all visible through Samba. Thanks to everyone who suggested > this. > > This smells like a bug in Microsoft's Virtual PC sharing software. |
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