The 4GB limitation is a maximum file size limitation for FAT32.
Supporting other types of filesystems (NTFS, ext3/ext4) is a subject
which was discussed at UDS Maverick. After discussing this further with
Evan Dandrea this feature will most likely land in 11.04.
** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium => Wishlist
** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Summary changed:
- Ubuntu Live USB creator creates persistent install that is limited in storage
size
+ persistent install is limited in storage size (4GB FAT32 Max Filesize
Limitation)
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persistent install is limited in storage size (4GB FAT32 Max Filesize
Limitation)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284085
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Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Bug description:
Binary package hint: usb-creator
I created a LiveUSB disk on, in my case, an 8GB usb disk and slided the "When
Starting up from this disk, documents and settings will be: Stored in reserved
extra space"-option all the way to the right (according to the tool, this would
give me a solid 6.8 GB of free room to use within the LiveUSB disk). I put the
Intrepid Beta on it (because the daily build of October 14th failed to boot, I
tried it). Afterwards, I booted up the LiveUSB disk, this part went fine. But
when looking at the free disk space in nautilus, it always gives me at most
just shy of 1GB. This is roughly (or maybe even exactly) the same amount that
nautilus shows when booting from an actual LiveCD (at least, as far as I've
been able to see).
The problems with this are:
1. that I basically can't update since when I try it, I get "no disk space
left" errors from synaptic/aptitude/apt-get/whatever
2. somehow the LiveUSB installation claimed the extra disk space, but is
incapable of using it; Therefore, I'm effectively losing space on my usb drive.
This is an annoying bug as I can't install a daily build (at least not the one
from October 14th, as mentioned before) of Intrepid, and I can't update the
beta. Therefore, I'm hampered in my attempts to test Intrepid (installing the
preproduction versions on my hdd is not an option).
All this said, I know it is a very young project, and it has great potential; I
just think that this is a useful bug to get fixed before the rc of intrepid.
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