How to stop SMBFS from crashing

[motorollin]

I think you're right! Though I would love to hear from anyone who has been able to create large archives over SMBFS (under AmigaOS, not MOS).

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moto

[motorollin]

Does anyone know how reliable USB drives are on the Amiga when creating large files on the fly? I'm thinking of getting a Subway and using a USB hard disk for my backup.

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moto

[motorollin]

I can't remember which file it hung on so I can't check the size. Though it did get past that file a couple of times. I am not surprised a 5.5MB directory worked across SMB. I am trying to archive 46MB of data (and if I can get it working there will be another 2GB).

Please let me know how you get on under 3.9, and if possible, could you try a bigger directory?

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moto

[motorollin]

Thanks orange. IDE compact flash card might be the only option then!

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moto

[motorollin]

I'm using Genesis (OS3.9 version). Not sure if that would cause problems like this? If you can demonstrate it working correctly under AmiTCP I will try switching to it.

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moto

[motorollin]

Ok if it works for you using that config then I will compare it with mine.

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moto

[motorollin]

I have never changed any settings in Genesis apart from the network configuration. Maybe those buffers are being exceeded which is causing the crashes  :idea:

Off to check the settings...

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moto

[motorollin]

Thanks Matt! If I can't get it going with Framiga's AmiTCP settings I'll give that a go (and might still try it even if I can get SMBFS working, since that is a much more recent app).

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moto

[motorollin]

Just hung 3.7MB in, with the new settings from Framiga. Thanks anyway for taking the trouble to post your config. If nothing else, it made my connection a LOT faster, which is great :-) About to try SMBCN as suggested by Matt.

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moto

[motorollin]

I would, but this is on my A4000.

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moto

[motorollin]

Matt, did you have problems getting SMBCN to authenticate? Using the same share and the same logon credentials, SMBCN fails to authenticate whereas SMBFS works fine :-?

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moto

[motorollin]

Well I give up. I don't want to trust my data to something so flakey. I was considering using an IDE to Compact Flash adapter with a FAT formatted card to store the LHA file then use a USB Compact Flash adapter to copy the file on to my Mac. The reason I put this out of my mind was that I've disabled my internal IDE interface. But I've just remembered that I've got an IDE interface on my X-Surf, so I'll use that.

Thanks anyway to everyone who has helped.

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moto