Jarrodr Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Hi I have mounted a external HDD to my unraid. I used MC (Midnight Commander) to copy between shares. When I copy/move a file which is 27GB, does not allow me. How do I fix this? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Jarrodr said: When I copy/move a file which is 27GB, does not allow me. How do I fix this? Free up space on the destination? You gave us absolutely nothing to determine why you are getting the message, so I can't really be more helpful. Tools, diagnostics, attach the zip file to your next post in this thread, also the full source and destination folder paths. Quote Link to comment
Jarrodr Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share Posted September 2, 2021 Sorry for the delayed information. Still getting the same error. tower-diagnostics-20210902-2118.zip Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 What systems besides Unraid need to use files on that external drive? Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) @Jarrodr Google VFAT You will find that the VFAT has the following restriction: Quote Max. file size 4,294,967,295 bytes (4 GB – 1) with FAT16B and FAT32 Edited September 2, 2021 by Frank1940 1 Quote Link to comment
Jarrodr Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 I want to transfer files to a windows pc. Should I format to NTFS? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Jarrodr said: I want to transfer files to a windows pc. Should I format to NTFS? Yes 1 Quote Link to comment
Jarrodr Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 Thanks. Changing to NTFS works. Is there a way to speed up the copying time? I have a single ISO file which is 50GB, the estimated time is 4 hours. Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 The time is probably determined by the speed of the connection of the drive. If possible use USB3 instead of USB2 as that is much faster. Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 What type of drive is this-- HD, SSD, Flash, Memory Card? (Time seems slow even for USB2...) Quote Link to comment
Solution JonathanM Posted September 3, 2021 Solution Share Posted September 3, 2021 It would probably be faster to attach the drive to the windows machine and copy to it across the network. Quote Link to comment
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