Comment 22 for bug 75574

Understood. Thanx for the clarification.
zeddock

On Dec 13, 2007 1:39 PM, Tommy Trussell <email address hidden> wrote:

> > In the mean time, is there a noob way for users to patch if they need
> this option?
>
> The "patch" is to format the storage device using a different file
> format, such as ext2 or ext3. VFAT cannot handle files larger than 4GB.
> The linux and gnome utilities need to handle the situation more
> gracefully, HOWEVER I believe the underlying size restriction is a
> limitation of the file system.
>
> --
> cp dumps core when copying >4GB files to a VFAT filesystem
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/75574
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