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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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.