File Exceeds Filesystem Size Limit on HFS+

[Dasutin]

I recently moved to a MacBook Pro and I wanted to create a torrent machine that runs 24/7 because my MacBook Pro isnt going to be running all the time. I grabbed a small VIA embed computer that I had laying around (low power and formatted with NTFS), and put Windows XP SP3 on it and the latest version of uTorrent on it. I have a 500GB drive (formatted with HFS+)that is attached to my AirPort Extreme via USB and I set uTorrent up to use that drive so it downloads to the NAS drive because the VIA computer only has 2GB of SSD on it.

I use the WebUI to send it torrents from my MacBook Pro. It works out great. The problem is, is when I give it a file that I'm trying to download that is 7GB, it gives me the "Error: File Exceeds Filesystem Size Limit" error. I was reading on the forums that people are having this problem with Vista and also with drives formatted with FAT32. This isn't Vista and this isnt a drive that is formatted with FAT32, its a drive that is formatted with HFS+ with a ridiculously huge file size limit unlike FAT32.

I removed the cache for reads and writes, did every combination in the Disc Cache settings, set the override automatic cache settings to zero. I even set the Pre-Allocation setting, still nothing.

I don't know if anyone else had this problem. I dont think its a bandwidth problem because my downloads go up to 500kb/s and my uploads 100kb/s even though its writing to a drive though ethernet to a drive attached to a router by USB, when I see other people only getting up to 50 to 100kb/s.

Another thing is the drive is being broadcast with SMB, but that shouldn't matter.

[Chad Sexington]

I'm having the same issue with Windows 7 writing to an HFS+ hard drive on my network. I had initially used utorrent on my mac to download files to my external, but recently switched built a PC that is now acting as my main torrenting computer. But now it won't write large files to the HFS+ external, and there is too much info on the HDD already to reformat it to NTFS (and even if I did, it would be a pain in the ass to force the mac to write to that format). HFS+ is supposed to have a theoretical upper file size limit of roughly 8 EB, and the file I'm downloading is literally a billion times smaller. Is there any way to get around this problem?

[DreadWingKnight]

The problem is in how apple's network sharing code reports the filesystem and capabilities of the drive. The apple sharing code is reporting the filesystem as FAT32 when it shouldn't.

There is no supported workaround from us. Get them to fix it.

[demonator]

The problem is in how apple's network sharing code reports the filesystem and capabilities of the drive. The apple sharing code is reporting the filesystem as FAT32 when it shouldn't.

There is no supported workaround from us. Get them to fix it.

Sorry mate for digging an old thread by I have exact problem. I dunno if Airport Extreme reports HFS+ as FAT32 to Windoze but direct transfer of large files (>4Gb) between windoze machine to Airport Extreme attached disk using smb works fine. It just uTorrent which reports that "file system size exceeded"

So the problem is on your side

[demonator]

The problem is in how apple's network sharing code reports the filesystem and capabilities of the drive. The apple sharing code is reporting the filesystem as FAT32 when it shouldn't.

There is no supported workaround from us. Get them to fix it.

OK, here is workaround. Check in Preferences "Put new downloads" in local directory and then then check "Move completed downloads to:" put your Airport Extreme attached HFS+ drive there. 

I dunno if this is Apple problem why this set up working then?

[DreadWingKnight]

Luck.