qBittorrent: I/O error - invalid argument

Paul15071992 · 2014-08-30 20:55:39

Hi,

when I try to download a torrent directly on my external hardisk (FAT32), I get the error written in the subject.
What could be the problem?

thanks!

Soukyuu · 2014-08-30 21:41:03

Mmm... too little information. Is there any file in the torrent that is >4GB? Is pre-allocation enabled?

Paul15071992 · 2014-08-30 21:56:08

Yes, there are files > 4GB.
I tried with both, pre-allocation enabled and disabled, but the same problem.
I've also changed the name of the file, in order to be shorter...but it wasn't any help.

Soukyuu · 2014-08-30 22:02:43

FAT32 does not support files >4GB.

Paul15071992 · 2014-08-30 22:09:26

didn't knew that.
could you please recomand me what format should I use for my external hard drive? I'm thinking about NTFS, because my hard comes also in interection with Windows.

Soukyuu · 2014-08-30 22:18:34

It's hard to recommend anything, linux NTFS support is stable, but slow writing speeds (ntfs-3g). It's still the "safest" option.

If you mostly use linux you could also go with ext4 and install something like paragon's ext4 mounter for windows. I can't say anything about stability of such a solution though, all I did was some test read/writes that came out fine.

Paul15071992 · 2014-08-30 22:20:29

ok,
thank you for your help!

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