Subject: Re: NFS to Solaris: Value too large for defined data type on 0 sized
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: David Wetzel <dave@turbocat.de>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/02/2000 02:27:47
> From: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@wasabisystems.com>

> The "value too large" (EOVERFLOW) errors usually mean that it can't handle
> a 64bit size/offset value on an fs, because it has to store it 32 bits.
> However, it is strange that this happens on 0 size files.

it also happens on other files under 10k size.

$ uname -a
SunOS cleopatra 5.7 Generic_106541-08 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5

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