Questions tagged [fat32]
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"File too large" when copying 8GB file onto 30GB Apple device (USB stick unlabeled)
I have this file on disk: $ ls -lh /path/to/some.mkv -rwxr-xr-x 1 enrico enrico 7.4G Dec 17 18:54 /path/to/some.mkv so it's less than 8 gigabytes, but when I try to copy it on a 30GiB flash drive, I ...
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Ubuntu only allows FAT32 and not NTFS
I currently find myself in a desperate situation. I'm trying to boot from the pendrive on my computer installed with Ubuntu 22.10, it is not recognizing my pendrive formatted with the NTFS file system,...
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How to debug why uid,gid,umask,fmask and dmask mount options are ignored?
I am running a Live ISO of Kubuntu 22.04 LTS (AKA Jammy Jellyfish). What I am trying to do has most likely nothing to do with KDE, so one may assume I am running Ubuntu. I am trying to mount a FAT32 ...
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Error: "failed to preserve ownership" when trying to move files to a FAT32 partition on OpenBSD
I'm following a tutorial on how to install firmware on OpenBSD. The tutorial has me creating a new msdos file system on the usb with: newfs_msdos -F 32 /dev/rsd2c then to take usb to a system with an ...
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Why grub for efi is still installed on fat32?
Isn't fat32 a deprecated filesystem format? Why does grub for efi booting is still required to be installed on a fat32 partition?
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What is this FAT32 partition on GParted?
I want to increase the size of my Linux partition (/dev/sda5) using the 52.41GB of unallocated space on my SSD but from what I understand the /dev/sda3 partition is in the way of using the unallocated ...
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Sharing a Partition Between Windows and Linux Throws Permission Errors
I created a new partition in Windows 10 formatted as Fat32, so that I could work with files located in one place despite being logged into my MX Linux installation or Windows 10. While logged into ...
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Regarding file system Support in Linux Mint xfce
Will my FAT32 and NTFS USB and hard disks work in Linux ? I mean can windows compatible file systems USB and hard disks work in Linux? [EDIT] By work I mean - like I have a NTFS hard disk so can I ...
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