I have got a 16 GB Toshiba USB stick. It seems to be in FAT32 file system, when i try to copy files larger than 4 GB it is giving me errors. Which filesystem should I format the USB to get ability for copying bigger files than 4 GB ? Ubuntu 9.10
I have got a 16 GB Toshiba USB stick. It seems to be in FAT32 file system, when i try to copy files larger than 4 GB it is giving me errors. Which filesystem should I format the USB to get ability for copying bigger files than 4 GB ? Ubuntu 9.10
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Ubuntu 9.04
If you are using it strictly with *nix system you are safe to put a ext3 file system on it. If you know that you will need to copy files to/from windows at some point ntfs would be a better bet.
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If you are going to be using it strictly with GNU/Linux, then you can format it as ext3 or ext4. If you are going to be using it with Windows, then use NTFS.
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Eerily similar.
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Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz - 4GB DDR2
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Atheros AR928X Wireless
I will use the USB Stick in GNU/Linux platform.. What i wonder is, is there any possibility to format the USB in NTFS format under Ubuntu ? My Gparted doesnt show the NTFS format option
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Ubuntu 9.04
Last edited by ean5533; December 16th, 2009 at 08:53 PM. Reason: CODE, not QUOTE. *facepalm*
thanks ean5533, your explanation resolved my concern about the NTFS issue. Great tip.
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Ubuntu 9.04
Fat32 only supports 2gb per file, its not an ubuntu problem. Btw if u format as NTFS you cant remove the memory, u should use safely remove (Fat32 doesnt have this issue). Hope this helps...
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