[Wlug] "Filesize limit exceeded" error

[Richard Klein]

Chuck Noyes wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm trying to copy a 7.9GB tgz file to an external USB drive. The
> external drive is 500GB. About half way through the cp process, I get
> the error message:
> 
> 8119 file size limit exceeded  cp maui-Sun.tgz /media/My\ Book/chuck/
> 
> There's plenty of space on the USB drive. I'm running 'edgy eft' on a
> laptop.
> 
> Any ideas on what might be going on here??
> 
> TIA, 

What's the file system on the external drive?  FAT32?  My guess is that 
you're exceeding the file size limit of that file system.

-- 
Rich