On Saturday 17 November 2012 10:36:07 you wrote: > I have a 32GB sd card that I have been trying to use as a transfer > disk for a 19GB file. Each time, the file copies (cp command) to 4GB > and stops. I tried to reformat to vfat with the same results. The df > command shows the card has 32GB. I thought that vfat was only good to > 4 GB but the card came formatted to vfat. Any suggestions? Can the > card be formatted to ext3? Would that help? Is the card the problem? > I am using a SanDisk USB card reader, model SDDR-113 which is > supposed to handle 32GB cards. Debian Squeeze and Wheezy systems gave > same results. > > Gary R.
Limitations of vfat file system, also does not archive file attributes. afaik, you can format with any file system. If compatabiltiy between a Windows box is not the issue I would use anything else. I have used ext2 for this, no journal. -- Peace, Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201211171347.15975.gomadtr...@gci.net
