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Trying to pass a video website backup to my external HD to keep secure but `cp` and dolphin keeps skipping them. I remember once solving a similar problem back then but in all honesty it's been so long I don't know which component was making it do that =/
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Is your external HD formatted with FAT32? This file format can't handle files larger than 4.0GB.
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have you tried "cp -f" (force)? (just in case it's not a fat32...)
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Is your external HD formatted with FAT32? This file format can't handle files larger than 4.0GB.
How do I know its file system, actually a better question for this is.. "where is a link for useful and daily commandlines" that covers things like knowing the file system =/ using dolphin as file manager
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Barghest wrote:Is your external HD formatted with FAT32? This file format can't handle files larger than 4.0GB.
How do I know its file system
This will tell you:
df -hT
This might tell you:
mount
actually a better question for this is.. "where is a link for useful and daily commandlines" that covers things like knowing the file system =/ using dolphin as file manager
Good question. I don't know any one good place. Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is extremely useful to have under your belt, but it wouldn't have told you about these commands because they're not built into the shell. I guess my method was just to "man ..." anything I don't understand, and google & link a lot while browsing and I find some tutorial that looks useful.
You could also browse the O'Reilly catalog, look for a dead-tree book that looks accessible to you. By no means is that necessary, to learn the ropes. But it would help you cut through the frustration of having to find a good comprehensive overview and reference.
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akurashy wrote:Barghest wrote:Is your external HD formatted with FAT32? This file format can't handle files larger than 4.0GB.
How do I know its file system
This will tell you:
df -hT
This might tell you:
mount
actually a better question for this is.. "where is a link for useful and daily commandlines" that covers things like knowing the file system =/ using dolphin as file manager
Good question. I don't know any one good place. Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is extremely useful to have under your belt, but it wouldn't have told you about these commands because they're not built into the shell. I guess my method was just to "man ..." anything I don't understand, and google & link a lot while browsing and I find some tutorial that looks useful.
You could also browse the O'Reilly catalog, look for a dead-tree book that looks accessible to you. By no means is that necessary, to learn the ropes. But it would help you cut through the frustration of having to find a good comprehensive overview and reference.
/dev/sdc1 vfat 932G 203G 729G 22% /media/My Book
vfat == fat32 or other type of fat?
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yes, that's fat32
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where is a link for useful and daily commandlines" that covers things like knowing the file system
My recommendations and what I am currently using:
Simple language, but useful: Learning the shell
More detail but dryer reading (usually): The Linux Documentation Project Guides
And the command "apropos" to find appropriate man pages. For example "apropos disk"
Last edited by thisoldman (2009-08-22 15:27:15)
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dammit! oh well, i'll change the FS later though... changing to ntfs it is already problematic ...
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