[Samba] Windows 7 .vhd "The version does not support this version of the file format" error
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From: terry+samba on 1 Jan 2010 00:00 I searched the archives for this particular error message, and only found one match from a user doing backups from Windows Server 2008 R2. I'm running FreeBSD 7.2 with (initially) SAMBA 3.3.9 from the FreeBSD Ports Collection. I have a very simple config (included below). The client is Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (RTM version w/ all Windows updates applied). I can create a Virtual Hard Disk (.vhd file) on a SAMBA share from within Windows' Computer Management / Disk Management and then use the .vhd file with no problems. However, if I then detach the VHD (or reboot), any at- tempt to re-attach the VHD results in the rather cryptic Windows error mes- sage "The version does not support this version of the file format". I have tried it with both the drive spec and the UNC spec with the same result. If I copy the VHD file to the local hard drive on the Windows machine, I can mount it with no problem, so the file itself isn't corrupted. Thinking that this might be either something odd w/ the FreeBSD port vers- ion or a new/corrected feature in the latest SAMBA, I downloaded 3.5.0pre2 and built it from source (all configure options defaulted except the file paths). Running that version (confirmed with smbclient from another FreeBSD box) didn't change the behavior. I added the "max protocol = smb2" config file line, restarted SAMBA, and rebooted the Windows 7 PC. The problem per- sists. Looking in the SAMBA logs, I don't see anything unusual. Is this a known issue? Are there any configuration or debugging steps I could take to help the SAMBA developers with this? Here is my smb.conf file (3.5.0pre2 version): [global] server string = fileserver log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 dns proxy = No max protocol = smb2 hosts allow = 192.168.0., 127. [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes browseable = No [data0] path = /data0 read only = No Terry Kennedy http://www.tmk.com terry(a)tmk.com New York, NY USA -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba |