On Sun, 01 Dec 2013 00:13:06 +0800 Thomas Goirand <[email protected]> wrote:
> > May be the file you're trying to copy is sparse [1]? GNU tar does > > support this. Flash drives typically contain FAT32 on them which > > doesn't support sparse files, so when copying such a file from a > > "real" file system to FAT32 the kernel's copying routine has to > > "stuff" the file. [...] > If it was FAT32, then it wouldn't even accept files bigger than 2GB. 4 GiB - 1 byte, actually. But you're correct on this anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
