* vfat large file support
@ 2001-05-17 2:00 Felix von Leitner
2001-05-17 2:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
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From: Felix von Leitner @ 2001-05-17 2:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-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.
Felix
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* Re: vfat large file support
2001-05-17 2:00 vfat large file support Felix von Leitner
@ 2001-05-17 2:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
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From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2001-05-17 2:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
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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