Change the size of new file

[WillHe3rd]

There seems to be a limit of 2 gb on files. Im trying to add my music files and have about 7 gb. Is there a way to make a file that will allow the extra info. I did a search and couldnt find anything. Thanks in advance!

[Cabhan]

I don't understand the question. What is causing a 2 GB limit on files? FAT filesystems require that a single file not be above 4 GB, but otherwise there are no technical limits that I know of for file size. Do you have a user quota of some sort?

[WillHe3rd]

Im not aware of any user quota. Every time I make a new file or try to use an exsisting one to copm my music to I get a message saying it exceeds the file size of 2 GB. When I right click and go to properties it says the file size is 2 gb regardles of file or whats in it.

[oz]

What distribution, what application, and what file system are you using?

Is this a file transfer on a local machine, or is it a machine to machine transfer?

I'm just thinking more details might help to get the issue resolved.

[WillHe3rd]

Its ubuntu 9.10. The file system is ext4. The transfer is from windows xp to ubuntu, both on the same machine. I can probably save the music in a few differnt files but I would like to have them in one place. In windows the file size grows as it needs to. I just can figure out how to fit more in the files on ubuntu.

[WillHe3rd]

When I set up my partions I did it as follows

/dev/sda5 3GB /home
/dev/sda6 48GB /
/dev/sda7 1GB swap
I had no idea what I was doing Im guessing my problem is the size of the /home partition. If thats the case can I change its size? And if not can I save to the / partion that has all the space?

[oz]

When I set up my partions I did it as follows

/dev/sda5 3GB /home
/dev/sda6 48GB /
/dev/sda7 1GB swap
I had no idea what I was doing Im guessing my problem is the size of the /home partition. If thats the case can I change its size? And if not can I save to the / partion that has all the space?

Yes, the 3GB /home partition is likely the problem, and yes, you can change its size.

Check out the Parted Magic LiveCD for doing that. You'll need to have some free space adjacent to /home, or you'll need to shrink another partition to allow for some unallocated space. You might have to move some partitions in order to position the free space adjacent to /home.

Note that if you add or delete any partitions, you'll need to adjust the GRUB configuration file and the fstab file accordingly.

[sixdrift]

Try running gparted in your Linux distro (or qtparted) and rearrange the partitions. Like was said, make sure grub is happy.

I am curious why you say an individual file says its 2 GB. Can you explain how you were trying to copy files onto the partition? Was it a big zip file or tarball?