Error copying a directory to a Windows share

[VladDracul]

Hi,

I'm having a weird problem while trying to copy a whole directory - about 4 GB total - to a Windows share (mount).

When I drag the directory I want to copy to the Windows share in Finder, I get the following error:


The operation cannot be completed because one or more required items cannot be found.
(Error code -43).

Has anyone encountered this issue before?

Thanks,

Alex

[patrick0brien]

-VladDracul

Let me guess: this folder was originally created in MacOS 9?

Try recreating the folder - and all of its nested folders with OS X folders.

[Fukui]

This may be a NFS/Samba problem to do with copying files bigger than 4GB (32-bit implementation), you might try installing Samba 3.0 or get panther...if you already have, well then....:confused:

[VladDracul]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-VladDracul

Let me guess: this folder was originally created in MacOS 9?

Try recreating the folder - and all of its nested folders with OS X folders.

Actually, it is a Jaguar folder; but thanks for replying.

[VladDracul]

Originally posted by Fukui
This may be a NFS/Samba problem to do with copying files bigger than 4GB (32-bit implementation), you might try installing Samba 3.0 or get panther...if you already have, well then....:confused:


hmm. That sounds like a possibility; however, none of the files is that large. The directory as a whole - some 350 files - is ~4GB.

I think I'll give that a try anyway.

[hvfsl]

Windows has problems dealling with the following symbols:

` ~ - _ = +

So make sure none of the files/folders have those characters in them (as the name). Unix/Mac/Linux have no problems with those symbols.

[benixau]

you know - if it werent for windows and the x86 based architecture i dont think we mac users would know what a hardware problem "really" is or even know that there is a limit to the size of files that we can use.