On 10/09/2015 09:35 AM, Terry Eck wrote:
On 10/08/2015 09:59 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
As to your real question, odds are high that 32GB thumb drive has a FAT32 filesystem. Max filesize on FAT32 s 4GB. Reformat if there is nothing of value on it.
Greg -- Greg Freemyer www.IntelligentAvatar.net If that is true then I'm wondering why I was able to mount the drive (with the 4G) on a windows PC and copy an additional 1.5G to it for a total of 5.5G. Back on Linux the drive shows both the 4G and 1.5G files.
Do you know of a command which will tell me the file system on the drive?
/sbin/blkid What Greg was referring to is a SINGLE FILE. FAT32 imposes a limit of 4GB on a single file. It doesn't matter how much more free space is on the disk. So trying to write a >4GB dot-iso file isn't going to work. If the stick has to be read by a Windows machine, you have to use on of the Microsoft file systems OR somehow add a driver to the Windows machine to deal with other file systems such as ext4. Yes they do exist; no I have not any experience with them. What I *DO* have experience with is using exFAT. There is a driver for exFAT for Linux. It is the file system on large USB and microchip cards such as might be used in a camera or hone, which is where I have been using it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/955704 http://www.howtogeek.com/73178/what-file-system-should-i-use-for-my-usb-driv... http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/review-is-microsofts-n... -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org