Hello Tim, Many thanks, will try to mount one of my NTFS partitions and see if it works. Will also compress the file if possible. Many thanks, Christian On 2006-07-28 at 16:51 Tim Chase wrote: >> I am trying to copy a 8 GB file from my Linux partition onto >> one of my Windows partitions (in this case a FAT32). However, >> I can only copy about 4 gigs and then it complains about the >> file size limit has been reached or simular. > >FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4 gigs (okay, 4-gigabytes minus >a couple bytes of overhead, truth be told). If it were FAT16, >you might only get to about 2 gigs. > >A couple ideas: > >You might be able to compress the file on your Linux side of >things and then send the compressed version over to the FAT32. I >don't know if Zip has any sort of problem with such large files. > Using gzip or bzip/bzip2 might have better success with the matter. > >You might be able to, with the proper drivers, copy the file to >an NTFS partition (which has some astronomical filesize limit of >something like 16 exabytes). > >I think those are your best options. > >-tim > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list