Distiller error from Indesign EPS-file

I cannot generate a pdf in distiller pro 9 from a EPS generated by Indesign CS4. The EPS is quite large (2.32GB) both in filesize as in dimension (177cm wide by 40cm)
Can anybody help me out here?
thanks
Wim
The errorlog is
Distilling: pan01.eps
Start Time: vrijdag, 29 mei 2009 at 10:30
Source: /Users/wimhouse/Desktop/pan01.eps
Destination: /Users/wimhouse/Desktop/pan01.pdf
Adobe PDF Settings: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings/Smallest File Size.joboptions
%%[ Error: syntaxerror; OffendingCommand: --nostringval-- ]%%
Stack:
/filter_indexed_devn
false
%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
Distill Time: 0 seconds (00:00:00)
**** End of Job ****

Usually the nostringval error points to a font. You might try replacing any fonts that appear in the EPS file. The syntaxerror portion refers to possible data corruption but could also point to missing font elements.

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