Hi, I’ve been using OSMC on my Raspberry Pi 2 for a couple of days and I’m loving it. The only issue I’m having is that I cannot transfer files to my external HDD from Windows using Samba. (Formatted as ext4) I can locate it with Samba (under devices) and read all the content but I cannot transfer…

Can't write to external HDD?

ActionA 17 May 2015 14:04 6

OSMC RC2 Samba problem with large files Raspberry Pi

So OSMC is working great. The best software I’ve used so far. But I’ve stumbled upon a rather strange issue. The external HDD I’ve connected to the Pi is formatted as ext4. I use my windows 8.1 machine to download, and then copy the files via Samba to the Pi. However, as soon as my files are larger than 2gb (or 2.5 I’m not quite sure) a message comes up saying: ‘There is not enough space on devices, you need an additional XXX GB to copy these files’. Copying smaller files works like a charm so …

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