rbw wrote: > James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >> rbw wrote: >>> Carl Lowenstein wrote: >>>> On 10/20/07, rbw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> [Snip] >>> >>>> If you want a copy of KNOPPIX_V5.1.1DVD-2007-01-04-EN.iso I have one >>>> or two, and could make more. Of course this does not solve the >>>> problem of burning your own. >>>> >>>> carl >>> I think I have tracked down the problem... >>> I have a large external drive that I move all my ISO images so as not to >>> crowd the 40GB HD on my laptop. I have several CD-ROM size images that >>> work fine when burning to media after being moved to the external drive, >>> BUT look at the following: >>> >>> This is the file on the 40GB HD as aquired via Bittorent: >>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 rbw rbw 4324202496 Oct 20 21:29 >>> KNOPPIX_V5.1.1DVD-2007-01-04-EN.iso >>> >>> This is the file after I do a "cp" over to the large external HD: >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 rbw root 4294967295 Oct 21 15:04 >>> KNOPPIX_V5.1.1DVD-2007-01-04-EN.iso >>> >>> bc yields: 4324202496 - 4294967295 = 29235201 >>> >>> The external drive is 500GB connected via USB. >>> >>> What are the implications of this effect? >> >> Strange! >> >> I bet the external is an ntfs. Do you suppose it reports sizes >> incorrectly? Did you try compare (cmp or diff)? md5sum? I think you >> said you checked md5sum (or sha1?) after download, right? So the hd >> version is probably the right size. >> >> Might be interesting try some experiments with other file sizes. >> >> Regards, >> ..jim >> >> > Here is my /etc/mtab... > > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 / ext3 rw 0 0 > proc /proc proc rw 0 0 > sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 rw 0 0 > tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 > none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 > /dev/sdb1 /media/MyBook1 vfat > rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=510,utf8,shortname=lower 0 0 > /dev/sdc1 /media/MyBook2 ext3 rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,data=ordered 0 0 > > The external in question is the /dev/sdb1 vfat volume... Could it be > that there is a file size limit under vfat in these circumstances? > > rbw > >
dc -e'6k 4294967295p 2 30^p /p' 4294967295 1073741824 3.999999 Hmmm 4GB limit, it seems. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
