In article <3a4acfb6-304d-c48c-8af3-c54bf1ae0...@macfh.co.uk>, MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News <n...@macfh.co.uk> wrote: > > You need NTFS for it to work for bigger files than 4 GB
> No he doesn't! As he has already stated, he uses Linux which has a > choice of different possible file systems, and he is only using any form > of FAT for the boot partition, which in Linux is commonly only a few GB > containing boot files; for the main OS partitions most probably he's > using ext4, which is the default for most modern Linux distros that I've > tried. Ext4 can handle large files no problem at all: Yup! My only *deliberate* use of FAT is if I want to transfer files via a removable memory device like a USB stick to carry it between one of my Linux boxes or my RISC OS box. Its the only simply common filer as RO uses its own - quite different - file system. Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/history/ups_and_downs.html Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer