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03-19-2010, 09:16 PM
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Ubuntu 9.10 will not copy to usb drive anything more then 4GB
Trying to copy ISO images over to a external hard drive, when copying it reaches 4GB then stops.
I have tried the same with a external usb thumb drive as well and the same thing happens so it is not the external drives running out of space.
The error reads.
Error Writing to file is to large.
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03-19-2010, 09:42 PM
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Seems pretty self explanatory. Let me guess; you're trying to do this to a FAT32 formatted device ...
Go here to learn the limitations of various filesystems - not (usually) a problem with the OS, but the filesystem. |
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03-19-2010, 10:56 PM
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Destination file system is FAT32.syg00 is right.If the destination file system is NTFS it wont create any problem
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1 members found this post helpful.
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03-19-2010, 11:23 PM
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NTFS
Using Disk utility it will not format as NTFS.
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Originally Posted by omersattar
Destination file system is FAT32.syg00 is right.If the destination file system is NTFS it wont create any problem
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03-19-2010, 11:42 PM
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Install ntfsprogs - then you can do "mkfs.ntfs ..." from the command line. GUIs should work too, but I rarely use them.
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03-21-2010, 07:26 AM
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Tried that command in terminal with no success.
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Originally Posted by syg00
Install ntfsprogs - then you can do "mkfs.ntfs ..." from the command line. GUIs should work too, but I rarely use them.
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03-21-2010, 07:27 AM
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Utility will not format the external Hard Drive in NFTS.
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mkfs.ntfs
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Originally Posted by thedoctor
Using Disk utility it will not format as NTFS.
Thanks
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03-21-2010, 09:22 AM
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Registered: May 2003
Location: London, UK
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Using Disk utility it will not format as NTFS.
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What is the error message?
Note:
1] The drive needs to be unmounted before it can be formatted
2] You ned to be root to format the drive |
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03-21-2010, 09:58 AM
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Hello thedoctor,
Don't forget that you have the options of using Linux file systems such as ext2 on your media.
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03-21-2010, 11:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thedoctor
Tried that command in terminal with no success.
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Utility will not format the external Hard Drive in NFTS.
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mkfs.ntfs
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If you provide more detailed replies you'll get much more helpful responses. |
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