Storing big (bigger than 4GiB) files on a USB flash drive

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I have a backup .tar.gz file that is 4666239910 bytes in size. That is,
4.4GB

I have a 128 GB USB flash drive. Attempting to copy that file results in a
"file too large" error.

Nautilus (properties option) says the drive is formatted as *"msdos"*

df says:
$ df -Th /media/ian/MANDELBROT/
Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1      *vfat*  115G  101G   15G  88% /media/ian/MANDELBROT

According to my research on the Internet, a VFAT drive can handle files
larger than 4GB. However,my experience with this contradicts my research.

Any ideas? I can't split the files up into separate .tar.gz files. Will I
have to reformat my USB drive to something like ext4?

TIA,


Ian

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