[opensuse] Copying Problems - Large Files
I'm trying to copy some files off my hard drive onto my external USB drive. I had tried this with Konqueror and got the message, "The protocol died unexpectedly." I then tried with a straight copy and got the message below... kai@xwing:/media/disk/kai/vmware/xp_000> cp /home/kai/vmware/XP/*.* . File size limit exceeded Here's the directory listing kai@xwing:~/vmware/XP> l total 12639568 drwxr-xr-x 2 kai users 4096 2008-08-25 21:54 ./ drwxr-xr-x 4 kai users 4096 2008-08-25 21:54 ../ -rw------- 1 kai users 5610864640 2008-08-23 08:19 Windows XP Professional-000001.vmdk -rwxr--r-- 1 kai users 7319388160 2007-10-18 21:21 Windows XP Professional.vmdk* kai@xwing:~/vmware/XP> How can I move these files off my hard drive? -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi, On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Kai Ponte <kai@perfectreign.com> wrote:
I'm trying to copy some files off my hard drive onto my external USB drive.
I had tried this with Konqueror and got the message, "The protocol died unexpectedly."
I then tried with a straight copy and got the message below...
kai@xwing:/media/disk/kai/vmware/xp_000> cp /home/kai/vmware/XP/*.* . File size limit exceeded
Here's the directory listing
kai@xwing:~/vmware/XP> l total 12639568 drwxr-xr-x 2 kai users 4096 2008-08-25 21:54 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 kai users 4096 2008-08-25 21:54 ../
-rw------- 1 kai users 5610864640 2008-08-23 08:19 Windows XP Professional-000001.vmdk
-rwxr--r-- 1 kai users 7319388160 2007-10-18 21:21 Windows XP Professional.vmdk*
kai@xwing:~/vmware/XP>
How can I move these files off my hard drive?
How's your USB disk formatted? Most probable it is FAT32. FAT32 has file size limitation of 4GB. Your files are larger. Either compress them before copying or use "split" to make smaller chunks. -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Mark Goldstein wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Kai Ponte <kai@perfectreign.com> wrote:
I'm trying to copy some files off my hard drive onto my external USB drive.
I had tried this with Konqueror and got the message, "The protocol died unexpectedly."
I then tried with a straight copy and got the message below...
kai@xwing:/media/disk/kai/vmware/xp_000> cp /home/kai/vmware/XP/*.* . File size limit exceeded
Here's the directory listing
kai@xwing:~/vmware/XP> l total 12639568 drwxr-xr-x 2 kai users 4096 2008-08-25 21:54 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 kai users 4096 2008-08-25 21:54 ../
-rw------- 1 kai users 5610864640 2008-08-23 08:19 Windows XP Professional-000001.vmdk
-rwxr--r-- 1 kai users 7319388160 2007-10-18 21:21 Windows XP Professional.vmdk*
kai@xwing:~/vmware/XP>
How can I move these files off my hard drive?
How's your USB disk formatted? Most probable it is FAT32. FAT32 has file size limitation of 4GB. Your files are larger. Either compress them before copying or use "split" to make smaller chunks.
Or reformat the drive. If it's to be read in Linux ext2 is file or NTFS, if it has to be read in Windows. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 26 August 2008 10:34:41 pm Mark Goldstein wrote:
How can I move these files off my hard drive?
How's your USB disk formatted? Most probable it is FAT32. FAT32 has file size limitation of 4GB. Your files are larger. Either compress them before copying or use "split" to make smaller chunks.
Thanks for the tip! It is formatted FAT32 (done so by YaST). I tried using RAR to make chunks. I found out what the problem was...
kai@xwing:/media/disk/kai/vmware/xp_000/image> rar a -m5 v5M -R winXP /home/kai/vmware/XP
RAR 3.71 Copyright (c) 1993-2007 Alexander Roshal 20 Sep 2007 Shareware version Type RAR -? for help
Creating archive v5M.rar
Adding /home/kai/vmware/XP/Windows XP Professional.vmdk 2% Write error in the file v5M.rar [R]etry, [A]bort A
Write error in the file v5M.rar Program aborted
No space left on devicekai@xwing:/media/disk/kai/vmware/xp_000/image
Oh, lookie - it only has 180MB / 297GB available. ...time for a new external hard drive! -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte wrote:
On Tuesday 26 August 2008 10:34:41 pm Mark Goldstein wrote:
How can I move these files off my hard drive?
How's your USB disk formatted? Most probable it is FAT32. FAT32 has file size limitation of 4GB. Your files are larger. Either compress them before copying or use "split" to make smaller chunks.
Thanks for the tip!
It is formatted FAT32 (done so by YaST).
You can select whatever format you want. As you've discovered, FAT32 has serious file size issues. Depending on how you're using that drive ext2, ext3 or NTFS would be more suitable. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte wrote:
I'm trying to copy some files off my hard drive onto my external USB drive.
I had tried this with Konqueror and got the message, "The protocol died unexpectedly."
I then tried with a straight copy and got the message below...
kai@xwing:/media/disk/kai/vmware/xp_000> cp /home/kai/vmware/XP/*.* . File size limit exceeded
What file system is on the USB drive? Many of those USB flash drives use FAT, which limits the maximum file size. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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