Why not reformat it using fat32 / ntfs and see the "actual" size ?
500GB Pen drive for 1500/- ? Not likely. 16GB costs a bit more than that. Regards Abhinav http://indimark.blogspot.com http://www.employees.org/~abhinav/blog On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > Recently a friend of mine brought a USB pen Drive (Flash Disk) of 500 > GB for Rs 1500-/ from Palika Bazaar. > > First I don't believe it. However i tried it on my system and checked > using df -h and it showed 500 GB (free space 498 GB) > > Second its formatted to FAT 16. > > So my questions > 1. Incredible as it may be i refuse to belive that this small device > is actually 500 Gig so how does one verify that. I could copy data > and i think it will give up after about 10 GIg or less, but is there > any other way > > 2. What is the max size a FAT 16 partition (and FAT 32) be - i think > FAT partitions have a limit > > would appreciate tips. > > ram > PS if i am wrong i might have to eat an hat so look forward to some > tips to beat this ridiculous sized thumbdrive > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in