I Think that people understand your point... =)

Louis-Xavier Brusset wrote:
> I agree, FAT 32 can't handle Those hudge files, but nautilus should not
> crash, it should raise an error like "FAT 32 file system is unable to handle
> files larger than 4GB, Sorry".
> IMHO this is a minimum.
> 
> Did you try to copy a 4.5GB from a NTFS volume to a FAT32 volume on Windows
> ? Explorer does not crash !!!!!
> 
> 2007/2/21, Kurt von Finck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> FAT32 has a file size limit of 4GB. FAT32 cannot store or manipulate
>> files in excess of 4GB. On any platform.
>>
>> This is a limitation of FAT32, not a bug.
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> "The maximum possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4 GiB minus 1
>> B (232−1 bytes). For most users, this has become the most nagging limit
>> of FAT32 as of 2007, since video capture and editing applications and
>> some other software can easily exceed this limit. Most new Windows
>> machines now ship with NTFS and thus avoid these problems, but those who
>> run dual boot systems or who move external data drives between computers
>> with different operating systems have little choice but to stick with
>> FAT32 (although between Windows and Linux it is possible to use ext2 or
>> ext3 through the use of external drivers such as ext2 IFS)."
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat32
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> --
>> nautilus crashes when copying a 4G file on a vfat volume
>> https://launchpad.net/bugs/70535
>>
>

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nautilus crashes when copying a 4G file on a vfat volume
https://launchpad.net/bugs/70535

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