[Wlug] "Filesize limit exceeded" error

[Chuck Noyes]

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:04:28 -0400
Richard Klein <rich at richardklein.org> wrote:

> 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.
> 
It's a FAT32 filesystem.

-- 
-Chuck