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On 13 Jan 2008, at 16:45, Jesús Guerrero wrote: |
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>>> ... |
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>>> The problem is that fat32 can't handle files that are larger than |
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>>> 4gb-1byte. So, will still be unable to unzip or unrar that iso |
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>>> image. |
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>> I believe you're mistaken in the direct cause of my problem. I'm |
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>> using NTFS on the Windows XP machine. |
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>> ... |
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> Well, that is new info. |
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> If you are using ntfs then the issue is not the one I suspected. |
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Well, it didn't occur to mention NTFS vs FAT32 in my original post |
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because it didn't occur to me that anyone might use FAT32 these days |
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(except for portable devices, of course). |
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> ... I'd blame the wireless |
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> connection, but if the problem is only with that file, then that |
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> should |
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> not the be proble either. |
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At the time of posting this morning I had no way to say whether or |
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not I could reproduce the problem - this Windows PC gets switched on |
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perhaps once every 3 months, and the original file took so long |
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copying (over two hours yesterday) that I left it running overnight. |
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I started another copy going this morning before I made my original |
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post on this subject, and when I come back to the machine this |
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evening it seems to have finished successfully - that is to say the |
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md5sum matches up. |
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So I apologise to the list for wasting it's time, but having said |
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that I know I'm going to want to split & recombine files cross- |
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platform again sometime in the future, so I will remember this thread |
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for reference. I won't go through making on line posts saying |
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"thanks! great idea!" in reply to everyone who posted, but I'd like |
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to thank everyone who has replied to my question. (For the record |
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Renat Golubchyk's suggestion of split/copy was top of my list until I |
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read Florian Philipp's reply, which is obviously pretty much exactly |
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what I had in mind in the first place (and therefore requiring no |
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additional thinking, always a priority); I am thankful to Jens for |
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pointing me at portableapps.com) |
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Stroller. |
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