File Size

[Dat]

What is the max file size you can move/copy?

I have a 5gb ISO of a recovery disk I'm trying to move to an external drive but I noticed copying/pasting in dolphin always failed so I tried it via command line. I finally got an error saying the file was too large so I couldn't copy it over.

[Nate]

Re: File Size

What is the command you're using from the command line? I've copied/moved files larger than that, so there must be a way to get it done.

[Dat]

Re: File Size

I used the 'mv' command

mv: writing `/media/My Book/HP-recovery-DVD.iso': File too large

[Nate]

Re: File Size

Is the external drive Fat32? I just read Fat32 is limited to 4gb file sizes.

[Dat]

Re: File Size

Yeah, I believe it is. It's a Western Digital drive. Didn't format it when I got it. Totally forgot about that... Well, that explains it. Anyway to get around that? Is the limit due to the drive?

[Nate]

Re: File Size

It's due to the Fat32 file system. You could reformat the drive using another file system, like NTFS and the problem should disappear.