cp : File size limit exceeded

[James Wilkinson]

Scott van Looy wrote:
> It's not a fat drive or something silly is it? They have file size
> limits...
> FAT = 2gig limit
> FAT32 = 4gig limit

Chitlesh GOORAH replied:
> hmm My hdd is on ext3 whereas my usb hdd is on fat32
>
> do you think this might be the problem ?

Scott (correctly) told him:
> Yep, reckon so...as I said, AFAIK there's a 4gig limit on FAT32 filesizes

Incidentally, "Red Hat Magazine" today published *exactly* this advice at
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/025nov06/features/tips_tricks/ ...

James

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