[ale] moving an .iso

[Sean Kilpatrick]

Final report.

file size limits within fat32 fs were the problem.
Reformatted the micro sd card using this command:

mkntfs -F -L micro /media/<original label>

that took a l-o-n-g time because of having to use a USB-2 connection.
But it worked.
Once the sd chip was formatted ntfs, I was able to move the iso to it 
without trouble -- just more time.

The Android tablet can see the reformatted sd chip.

So far, all is good.

Sean

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On Monday, January 20, 2014 12:21:20 pm Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> This is a brand new card, so no deleted files hanging around on it --
> until I had to deal with the useless 4 gigs of an 8 gig file. I  was
> able to locate the hidden .Trash directory and delete it (along with
> the 4 gig file I couldn't use) so the card is empty and reports 29.3
> gigs of space available. Hmmm . . . . nearly 10% overhead seems a bit
> steep, but whatever.
> 
> But I think I am still hamstrung by the FAT 32 maximum file size of 4
> gigs.
> 
> Sean
> 
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> > On Jan 20, 2014 10:34 AM, "Sean Kilpatrick" <kilpatms at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > >  Got a problem:
> > > I am trying to copy a large (7.8 gig) .iso file from my hard drive
> > > to a 32 gig micro sd card.
> > > 
> > > command fails after pushing about 4 gig over to the sd card.
> > > 
> > > $ cp /tmp/kde-kilpatms/filename.iso /media/6F4B-C926/
> > > 
> > > cp: writing `/media/6F4B-C926/filename.iso': File too large
> > > 
> > > The sd card is empty so there is plenty of room.
> > > 
> > > Trying to push that much data down a USB-2 pipe is another problem.
> > > 
> > > Clues on how to move the file over would be appreciated.
> > > 
> > > Sean

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