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Old 4th January 2011
sharris sharris is offline
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Linux filesize limit not bad. Format your USB with something Linux.

http://linuxreviews.org/sysadmin/filesystems/

http://crazedmuleproductions.blogspo...-4gb-file.html


Split files is potable but since you don't seem to want to split files for whatever reason maybe use the gzip command to compress the files, just like zipping files on Windows. 8GB file iso can be 3.5GB depending ... You just have to sample it. NTFS is cool at lease you can see your work when using Windows. Everyone has a Windows machine at lease hidden in the closet. I keep a few fat32 partitions on my PcBSD and FreeBSD drives. If something happens all I need is a floppy. More options to see your work under others or all OS is what the NTFS thing is all about.

gzip -c this_iso > /to_usb/this_iso.Z

Code:
gzip		the.iso				# compress the file	
gunzip	the.iso.gz			# de-compress the file
Code:
tar -zxvf FILENAME.tar.gz or bz2		#  compress a file
tar -xjf FileName.tar.bz2	#  Decompressing in GNU tar:
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