maximum file size exceeded

[rayburn]

This is the message I get when using dd to copy a partition to another H/D, the file stops copying at 2Gb, I have tried the same command under Slackware and Mandrake. Is there any way to get around this?

Thanks for reading, I hope someone has the answer!

[serz]

What's the filesystem you're copying to? I think that FAT16 has a 2gb filesize limit.

[rayburn]

Fat32 is the file system I'm copying to and from, though using Slack on Ext2, I seem to recall reading somewhere that Ext2 has a file limit size, do you think that this could be the problem?

Thanks for the reply.

[serz]

Yes, if there's a limit with the filesize, then yes.. that could be the problem. Look at Google and see if you can find the EXT2 filesystem limitations.

[genesus]

Don't think its a file size problem...if the file is already on an ext2 partition, then you should have no problem getting it off; however, I do know that for ext3 there is a filesize limit of 2TB, although on the net there are hacks for getting around that difficulty.

[adamdaughterson]

I thought the 2GB limit was a glibc thing, not a ext2 thing. http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html