Ubuntu: scp crashes with File size limit exceeded

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

I have just experienced the same problem making an image of a 60GB drive.

bjorn@servbear:~$ uname -a
Linux servbear 2.6.22-14-server #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:34:23 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
bjorn@servbear:~$ ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority (-e) 0
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals (-i) 8127
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 32
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority (-r) 0
stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 8127
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks (-x) unlimited

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Could you please add the output of dmesg at the time the error occurs?

Sure, used dd to do the test, but it shouldnt matter? Nothing was
added to dmesg though.

regards,
Bjorn

entire dmesg posted to http://pastebin.com/m530bd379

[693701.531615] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[693701.531619] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
[693701.531646] sde: sde1
[693701.546550] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk
[693701.546596] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[693838.143277] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] 117210240 512-byte hardware sectors (60012 MB)
[693838.144521] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[693838.144525] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
[693838.144555] sde: sde1
[705734.545127] usb 5-3: USB disconnect, address 3
root@servbear:~# uptime
 18:15:49 up 13 days, 21:39, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
root@servbear:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/bigfile bs=1M count=17k; \
> dmesg | tail
bash: line 1: 12891 File size limit exceededdd if=/dev/zero
of=/mnt/bigfile bs=1M count=17k
[693701.531615] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[693701.531619] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
[693701.531646] sde: sde1
[693701.546550] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk
[693701.546596] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[693838.143277] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] 117210240 512-byte hardware sectors (60012 MB)
[693838.144521] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[693838.144525] sd 3:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through
[693838.144555] sde: sde1
[705734.545127] usb 5-3: USB disconnect, address 3
root@servbear:~#

On Dec 26, 2007 5:45 PM, Brian Murray <email address hidden> wrote:
> Could you please add the output of dmesg at the time the error occurs?
>
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> Ubuntu: scp crashes with File size limit exceeded
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119868
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My guess is that you're using an ext2/ext3 filesystem formatted with a 1k block size. tune2fs -l /dev/whatever will tell you. 1k block size can't support files larger than 16GB.

Reformat that partition to use a larger block size than 1k to support files larger than 16GB.

-Chris

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem. Please reopen it if you encounter that this issue is still occurring or even better if you can check in latest Ubuntu Karmic version. To reopen the bug report you can click under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!