Hi Thanks mark Unfortunately now that the fat32 limitation is clear, its just dawned on me however I look at this it is not going ot be possible to get a 7.7Gb file onto a Fat32 Volume, so I might just try formatting the MyBook with NTFS, that way I can get the file across to windows intact.
The problem with using split will be using some equivalient windows software to "sew it all back together" again, once i have copied all the segments off the Fat32 MyBook onto my Sata drives that are NTFS. I might just try piping dd into gzip as you suggested: dd <your options> | gzip > myimage.gz i dont fancy the prospect of moving data off the external drive and reformatting it (as its a 500Gig drive, ) with NTFS...but if I have to I will. Either that or i might now try swapping over the DVD drives and seeing if windows will now read teh disc without CRC errors and just ISO the disk directly to the SATA drives that are already NTFS. I'll let you know how it goes... Im glad this ended up being a filesystem error rather than a linux problem. 2009/6/5 Mark Rogers <m...@quarella.co.uk> > Richard Forth wrote: > > ah that explains it, any good rar programs out there for linux that > > you recommend? > > If your image file isn't compressed already, I'd suggest just gzip it. > Actually I'd have done that at the dd stage: > dd <your options> | gzip > myimage.gz > > Anyway, once the file is created, just use "split" to break it up: > split -b 2G myimage.img > > You probably already have split. > > I personally wouldn't now compress it if it's isn't already - it'll take > ages and it's probably not worth it. > > -- > Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0845 45 89 555 > Registered in England (0456 0902) at 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > -- ***** Richard Forth For great natural health, nutrition, animal care and beauty products, visit my online store: http://www.aloevera-crowland.co.uk To change your life and circumstances: http://www.soaringteam.com/users/invite/MyVideoPage.php?Passcode=2118 Call me now for more info: Voicemail: 01733 807 861
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