From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: vfat large file support
Date: 16 May 2001 19:19:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9dvcfq$o3g$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010517040000.A22911@convergence.de>
Followup to: <20010517040000.A22911@convergence.de>
By author: Felix von Leitner <leitner@convergence.de>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I can't copy a file larger than 2 gigs to my vfat partition.
> What gives? 2.4.4-ac5 kernel. My cp copies 2 gigs and then aborts.
>
> $ echo foo >> file_on_vfat_partition
>
> causes the shell to become unresponsive and consume lots of CPU time.
>
VFAT doesn't support files larger than 2 GB.
-hpa
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2001-05-17 2:00 vfat large file support Felix von Leitner
2001-05-17 2:19 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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