Failure creating bootstrapper larger than 2 GB

[martinsXXX]

Question

We want to create an installer as bootstrapper-exe. We use Wix# as orchestrator of the bootstrapper-build-process with the WiX compiler. Wix fails if the files contained sum up to a size > 2 GB (we use compressed = true). All of the contained files are smaller than 600MB. In the following, I you see which commands we execute (in Wix#). It works fine if I remove a 300 MB file from the installer-bundle.

What is wrong? If You need any further information, feel free to ask.

Console output:
[exec] wix.exe : error WIX0001: WixToolset.Core.Native.WixNativeException: wixnative.exe failed with error code: -2147467259 - Unknown error (0x4005) Output:
[exec] bundle-attached.cab bundle-attached.cab a0
[exec] Error 0x80004005: failed to compress cabinet: C:\Users\schoell\AppData\Local\Temp\5tpznvus.kun\bundle-attached.cab
[exec] ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (16389): Unknown error (0x4005)
[exec] --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
[exec] at WixToolset.Core.Native.WixNativeExe.Run() in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\WixToolset.Core.Native\WixNativeExe.cs:line 81
[exec] at WixToolset.Core.Native.Cabinet.Compress(IEnumerable1 files, CompressionLevel compressionLevel, Int32 maxSize, Int32 maxThresh) in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\WixToolset.Core.Native\Cabinet.cs:line 60 [exec] at WixToolset.Core.Burn.Bundles.CreateContainerCommand.Execute() in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\WixToolset.Core.Burn\Bundles\CreateContainerCommand.cs:line 63 [exec] at WixToolset.Core.Burn.Bundles.CreateNonUXContainers.CreateContainer(WixBundleContainerSymbol container, IEnumerable1 containerPayloads) in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\WixToolset.Core.Burn\Bundles\CreateNonUXContainers.cs:line 141
[exec] at WixToolset.Core.Burn.Bundles.CreateNonUXContainers.Execute() in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\WixToolset.Core.Burn\Bundles\CreateNonUXContainers.cs:line 127
[exec] at WixToolset.Core.Burn.BindBundleCommand.Execute() in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\WixToolset.Core.Burn\Bind\BindBundleCommand.cs:line 447
[exec] at WixToolset.Core.Burn.BundleBackend.Bind(IBindContext context) in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\WixToolset.Core.Burn\BundleBackend.cs:line 23
[exec] at WixToolset.Core.Binder.BackendBind(IBindContext context) in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\WixToolset.Core\Binder.cs:line 74
[exec] at WixToolset.Core.Binder.Bind(IBindContext context) in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\WixToolset.Core\Binder.cs:line 40
[exec] at WixToolset.Core.CommandLine.BuildCommand.BindPhase(Intermediate output, IReadOnlyCollection1 localizations, IReadOnlyCollection1 filterCultures, String cabCachePath, Int32 cabbingThreadCount, IReadOnlyCollection1 bindPaths, Dictionary2 bindVariables, InputsAndOutputs inputsOutputs, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\WixToolset.Core\CommandLine\BuildCommand.cs:line 324
[exec] at WixToolset.Core.CommandLine.BuildCommand.ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\WixToolset.Core\CommandLine\BuildCommand.cs:line 152
[exec] at WixToolset.Tools.Program.Run(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, IMessageListener listener, String[] args, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\wix\Program.cs:line 103
[exec] at WixToolset.Tools.Program.Main(String[] args) in D:\a\wix\wix\src\wix\wix\Program.cs:line 48
[exec] Cannot build D:\VSMainGit1\libs\Installer_Debug_AnyCPU\setup.wxs

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[robmen]

The Bundle's compressed archives (cabinets) do not support > 2GB in a single archive today, so you need to split your content across multiple cabinets. You'll need to ask WixSharp how to do that as you aren't using WiX directly.

[martinsXXX]

Thank you for your quick answer.
Does "multiple cabinets" mean, I have more than one file in the end? At the moment I have one single exe file, and it would be fine it could stay that way. I think, I saw postings where they talk about a limit of 4 GB for bundles/bootstrapper