File transfer to USB drive fails after 4.3 gb
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/9729797
I am needing to transfer a singular file of roughly 4.8GB from Linux Mint onto a thumb drive, so that I can transfer it to my Windows install on a separate partition on the same PC. However, it has repeatedly failed after 4.3GB, with an error message reading "Error splicing file: File too large".
How do I fix this issue, or get around it? I need that file moved.
EDIT: This issue has been resolved. It was caused by the thumb drive being formatted as MSdos, reformatting it to exfat seems to have done the trick. Just used right-click “format” on linux mint, no need for console or booting up windows.
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As another commenter mentioned, it's rather silly to use a USB stick to transfer files from one HDD partition to another. However, there's absolutely no need to use a Live USB session, and their description of how to access files on block devices was ... wrong.
There are programs you can find for Windows to access Linux filesystems, but those tend to be flaky; NTFS support for Linux is mature enough to accomplish what you need. You should be able to install NTFS support with apt and access the Windows partition like any other drive - I've done this. Googling "Linux Mint NTFS" should find you what you need.
Thanks, I edited my response.
What was wrong about it?
/dev/sd* are block devices, not directories or mount points.
Does that mean you can't copy or rsync a file from one to the other?
That means that you have to mount them first.
Ok, thanks.