nautilus fails to copy single file > 4GB to fat32 usb stick, should warn before starting

Bug #1059034 reported by Sasa Paporovic
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
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Bug Description

I have tried to copy a single .iso image from /home/user/Downloads to a usb stick.

On ending I got the error message that the file is to big to get consolidated on the stick.

Enough space was available(16GB).

I have used a openSUSE12.2 64bit dvd image for transfer.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.5.90.really.3.4.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 30 14:44:08 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'910x674+65+65'"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'maximized' b'true'
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'283'
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120722)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no username)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros) wrote :
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Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta (oblomov) wrote :

If the USB stick has a FAT or FAT32 filesystem, then individual files on it cannot be bigger than 4GB (this is a filesystem limitation, not a Linux issue).

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Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros) wrote :

Yes, I have forgotten/not in mind this limitation for fat32.

o.K.

In this case nautilus should warn about at the beginning of the transfer process to prevent from time loose and frustration.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
summary: - nautilus fails to copy single file > 4GB to usb stick
+ nautilus fails to copy single file > 4GB to fat32 usb stick, should warn
+ before starting
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