Re: [Mldonkey-users] dllink problem

[crazee_canuck]

Monday, December 30, 2002, 9:27:21 PM, Pierre wrote:

PE> Le Mon, 30 Dec 2002 19:57:29 +0100 (MET), Sergio Bayarri Gausi
PE> <address@hidden> a écrit :

>> Not really, it could (*grin*) be a DVD iso (4.7Gb).

PE> Well, it seems that file sizes are 32 bits in eDonkey protocol (how short
PE> sighted ;) ), so the biggest allowed size should be 4Gb-1 for eMule (that
PE> seems to use uint32 for file sizes) and 2Gb-1 for mldonkey (that uses
PE> signed ints); Don't know for the official client...

I remember reading in the SR forums that people were having a problem
downloading and/or sharing files larger than 2GB with the official
client as well.  It was suggested that people split up the files with RAR.

(Does quite help the situation, but I think that file is simply too
large).