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Re: [Wlug] "Filesize limit exceeded" error

by Mark Richards

Chuck Noyes wrote: > On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:04:28 -0400 > Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > >> Chuck Noyes wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I'm trying to copy a 7.9GB tgz file to an external USB drive. The >>> external drive is 500GB. About half way through the cp process, I >>> get the error message: >>> >>> 8119 file size limit exceeded cp maui-Sun.tgz /media/My\ >>> Book/chuck/ >>> >>> There's plenty of space on the USB drive. I'm running 'edgy eft' on >>> a laptop. >>> >>> Any ideas on what might be going on here?? >>> >>> TIA, >> What's the file system on the external drive? FAT32? My guess is >> that you're exceeding the file size limit of that file system. >> > It's a FAT32 filesystem. > "Fat" in this case stands for "FAgheTaboutit". Although FAT32 has a 2TB limit on the total size of the partition, it has a filesize limit of 4GB. Apparently every byte has to be stored on your windows machine before it can be sent out. Have you considered scp?

April 2, 2007

Re: [Wlug] "Filesize limit exceeded" error

by Mark Richards

Chuck Noyes wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying to copy a 7.9GB tgz file to an external USB drive. The > external drive is 500GB. About half way through the cp process, I get > the error message: > > 8119 file size limit exceeded cp maui-Sun.tgz /media/My\ Book/chuck/ > > There's plenty of space on the USB drive. I'm running 'edgy eft' on a > laptop. > > Any ideas on what might be going on here?? > > TIA, If you're copying via a windows machine the file will have to be stored on your workstation on the way to the target. Also remember that windows doesn't understand unix file ownership, certain permissions, and of course symbolic links. /m

April 2, 2007

Re: [Wlug] "Filesize limit exceeded" error

by Eric Stein

Read all the messages in the list before you reply redundantly 2 days late. :p Eric freak4uxxx(a)gmail.com wrote: > what's the filesystem? > > -Eric

April 2, 2007

Re: [Wlug] "Filesize limit exceeded" error

by freak4uxxx＠gmail.com

what's the filesystem? -Eric -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Noyes <vze284qe(a)verizon.net> Subj: [Wlug] "Filesize limit exceeded" error Date: Sun Apr 1, 2007 2:02 pm Size: 505 bytes To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Hi All, I'm trying to copy a 7.9GB tgz file to an external USB drive. The external drive is 500GB. About half way through the cp process, I get the error message: 8119 file size limit exceeded cp maui-Sun.tgz /media/My\ Book/chuck/ There's plenty of space on the USB drive. I'm running 'edgy eft' on a laptop. Any ideas on what might be going on here?? TIA, -- -Chuck _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

April 2, 2007

Re: [Wlug] "Filesize limit exceeded" error

by Chuck Noyes

On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:55:23 -0400 Mark Richards <mark.richards(a)massmicro.com> wrote: > Chuck Noyes wrote: > > On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:04:28 -0400 > > Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > > > >> Chuck Noyes wrote: > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> I'm trying to copy a 7.9GB tgz file to an external USB drive. The > >>> external drive is 500GB. About half way through the cp process, I > >>> get the error message: > >>> > >>> 8119 file size limit exceeded cp maui-Sun.tgz /media/My\ > >>> Book/chuck/ > >>> > >>> There's plenty of space on the USB drive. I'm running 'edgy eft' > >>> on a laptop. > >>> > >>> Any ideas on what might be going on here?? > >>> > >>> TIA, > >> What's the file system on the external drive? FAT32? My guess is > >> that you're exceeding the file size limit of that file system. > >> > > It's a FAT32 filesystem. > > > > "Fat" in this case stands for "FAgheTaboutit". > > Although FAT32 has a 2TB limit on the total size of the partition, it > has a filesize limit of 4GB. Apparently every byte has to be stored > on your windows machine before it can be sent out. Have you > considered scp? > > Thanks to all who responded. Indeed, it's a FAT32 restriction. I have another computer running Kubuntu and I can scp the file to that machine without any problems.. Thanks again, -Chuck > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- -Chuck

April 1, 2007

Re: [Wlug] "Filesize limit exceeded" error

by Chuck Noyes

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:04:28 -0400 Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > Chuck Noyes wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm trying to copy a 7.9GB tgz file to an external USB drive. The > > external drive is 500GB. About half way through the cp process, I > > get the error message: > > > > 8119 file size limit exceeded cp maui-Sun.tgz /media/My\ > > Book/chuck/ > > > > There's plenty of space on the USB drive. I'm running 'edgy eft' on > > a laptop. > > > > Any ideas on what might be going on here?? > > > > TIA, > > What's the file system on the external drive? FAT32? My guess is > that you're exceeding the file size limit of that file system. > It's a FAT32 filesystem. -- -Chuck

April 1, 2007

Re: [Wlug] "Filesize limit exceeded" error

by Aaron Haviland

Richard Klein wrote, on Apr 01, 2007 at 14:04 EDT: > Chuck Noyes wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm trying to copy a 7.9GB tgz file to an external USB drive. The > > external drive is 500GB. About half way through the cp process, I get > > the error message: > > > > 8119 file size limit exceeded cp maui-Sun.tgz /media/My\ Book/chuck/ > > > > There's plenty of space on the USB drive. I'm running 'edgy eft' on a > > laptop. > > > > Any ideas on what might be going on here?? > > > > TIA, > > What's the file system on the external drive? FAT32? My guess is that > you're exceeding the file size limit of that file system. Indeed. FAT16 can only support files up to 2GB, and FAT32 can only support files up to 4GB. I haven't heard of a FAT64 yet, but NTFS can support files up to 1 exabyte (1x10^6 terabytes). (Or was that exbibyte...?) -- Aaron Haviland

April 1, 2007

Re: [Wlug] "Filesize limit exceeded" error

by Richard Klein

Chuck Noyes wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying to copy a 7.9GB tgz file to an external USB drive. The > external drive is 500GB. About half way through the cp process, I get > the error message: > > 8119 file size limit exceeded cp maui-Sun.tgz /media/My\ Book/chuck/ > > There's plenty of space on the USB drive. I'm running 'edgy eft' on a > laptop. > > Any ideas on what might be going on here?? > > TIA, What's the file system on the external drive? FAT32? My guess is that you're exceeding the file size limit of that file system. -- Rich

April 1, 2007

"Filesize limit exceeded" error

by Chuck Noyes

Hi All, I'm trying to copy a 7.9GB tgz file to an external USB drive. The external drive is 500GB. About half way through the cp process, I get the error message: 8119 file size limit exceeded cp maui-Sun.tgz /media/My\ Book/chuck/ There's plenty of space on the USB drive. I'm running 'edgy eft' on a laptop. Any ideas on what might be going on here?? TIA, -- -Chuck

April 1, 2007

Re: [Wlug] DSL testing

by Keith Wright

> From: Eric Stein <eastein(a)WPI.EDU> > > At my parent's house, the DSL was going slowly until > we added DSL splitters. Adding them improved > performance drastically. Did you install them yourself, or call for help? Where did you get them? Do they come in different kinds, or can I get an ADLS splitter and know I have one? Why did you need more than one (as implied by your use of plural)? I think my ISP wants to add one outside the house next to the NID (box with terminals to screw the phone lines to). I don't even think there is one on this old house. I assume that then there must be new holes drilled in the outside wall of the house to run the digital cable alongside the voice/analog wires into the house. I don't see why the splitter can not go a few feet farther down the wire, inside the house. Less drilling, no rain on the splitter, the only downside seems to be about ten feet of the old wire stays there, but is that worse than what comes off the telephone pole? -- Keith

April 1, 2007