On 13 Jan 2008, at 16:45, Jesús Guerrero wrote:
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The problem is that fat32 can't handle files that are larger than
4gb-1byte. So, will still be unable to unzip or unrar that iso
image.
I believe you're mistaken in the direct cause of my problem. I'm
using NTFS on the Windows XP machine.
...
Well, that is new info.
If you are using ntfs then the issue is not the one I suspected.
Well, it didn't occur to mention NTFS vs FAT32 in my original post
because it didn't occur to me that anyone might use FAT32 these days
(except for portable devices, of course).
... I'd blame the wireless
connection, but if the problem is only with that file, then that
should
not the be proble either.
At the time of posting this morning I had no way to say whether or
not I could reproduce the problem - this Windows PC gets switched on
perhaps once every 3 months, and the original file took so long
copying (over two hours yesterday) that I left it running overnight.
I started another copy going this morning before I made my original
post on this subject, and when I come back to the machine this
evening it seems to have finished successfully - that is to say the
md5sum matches up.
So I apologise to the list for wasting it's time, but having said
that I know I'm going to want to split & recombine files cross-
platform again sometime in the future, so I will remember this thread
for reference. I won't go through making on line posts saying
"thanks! great idea!" in reply to everyone who posted, but I'd like
to thank everyone who has replied to my question. (For the record
Renat Golubchyk's suggestion of split/copy was top of my list until I
read Florian Philipp's reply, which is obviously pretty much exactly
what I had in mind in the first place (and therefore requiring no
additional thinking, always a priority); I am thankful to Jens for
pointing me at portableapps.com)
Stroller.
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