Reported this 4 years ago.... and is still an issue. Today I tried to copy a 4.6 GB iso file onto a pendrive, after 15 minutes of file transfer it failed miserably raising an error that could have been predicted earlier
** Summary changed: - Copying +4gbs file on fat32 should be advised earlyer + Nautilus allows copy +4gb file on fat32 filesystem -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486383 Title: Nautilus allows copy +4gb file on fat32 filesystem Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus Actually Nautilus let you try to copy a larger than 4gb file onto fat32 filesystem, when it reach 4gbs raises a error message, it should be warned before attemping to copy the file. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Nov 21 19:38:27 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: nautilus 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic SourcePackage: nautilus Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/486383/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
