Bug#493540: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686-bigmem: fails to copy files/directories on USB storage media
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 05:28:13PM +0100, Stefan Oschkera wrote:
> Gents,
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> FYI: For testing purposes, I???ve formatted the external USB-drive with EXT3 and, believe it or not, no problems whatsoever. After re-formatting the same drive with FAT32 and copying the very same directories and files onto the USB drive, again an error message is issued and the copy process fails.
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> Indeed, the problem seems to be somehow connected to the FAT32 driver of the kernel.
How large's the USB media in question? Are you maybe running into limitations of
the ancient FAT32 specs?
Cheers,
Moritz
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