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Hello,

I tried to copy files via ssh to a mounted usb drive.

It worked well but i discovered it cannot copy files more than exactly 4096 MB!!

I have downloaded a file of 7Gb how can i copy that to an external drive??

I tried to copy it with windows explorer but again the 4Gb limit!!

Please help.

Puma

How are you copying the files? Using scp?

Do you get any error messages at all?

What is the filesystem of USB drive?
FAT32 perhaps?
cheers
Eek

The USB drive is FAT32

My desktop NTFS with XP pro.

Command in shell used : cp -r location destination

Error message file to large.

copied size is exact 4096 Mb!!!

Puma

This is a limitation of FAT32 : you will have to reformat the drive or split the file.
NTFS is (I understand) not a good idea for flash drives as it is a journaled FS and so rewrites the disk more often. ext2 would do and has drivers available for Win XP.
All the best,
Charles.