Splitting large files into external FAT32 HD
Hello people:
I am new to Linux. I posted the message "Saving a large container from a crashed WinXP to external HD". My problem was that the external HD connected thru the USB port was NTFS and i could not make Captive NTFS accept the container. I changed the filesystem in the external HD using QTParted to FAT32. Then i susccessfully copied one 250 mb container simply using the right-click copy and paste. However, when i try the same strategy with the large 4 GB container the process starts fine but then at about 2 GB the writing onto the external HD is stopped and i receive a message like "Process died unexpectedly" (it happened twice) I thought i could split and rejoin the 4 GB container using the split and cat commands but i do not have enough disk space in the local partition (hda1). I do have space in the external HD (sda1 partition) so my question is if there is any simple modification of the split command
split -b 1000m filename filename
to put the split pieces into sda1 rather than hda1. I also want to join the pieces in the sda1 partition before connecting the external HD to another computer that will receive the container.
cat filenamead >> filenameaa
So how do i identify the sda1 partition in the cat command?
Thanks for your help.
Tito
Re: Splitting large files into external FAT32 HD
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tito
Hello people:
I am new to Linux. I posted the message "Saving a large container from a crashed WinXP to external HD". My problem was that the external HD connected thru the USB port was NTFS and i could not make Captive NTFS accept the container. I changed the filesystem in the external HD using QTParted to FAT32. Then i susccessfully copied one 250 mb container simply using the right-click copy and paste. However, when i try the same strategy with the large 4 GB container the process starts fine but then at about 2 GB the writing onto the external HD is stopped and i receive a message like "Process died unexpectedly" (it happened twice) I thought i could split and rejoin the 4 GB container using the split and cat commands but i do not have enough disk space in the local partition (hda1). I do have space in the external HD (sda1 partition) so my question is if there is any simple modification of the split command
split -b 1000m filename filename
to put the split pieces into sda1 rather than hda1. I also want to join the pieces in the sda1 partition before connecting the external HD to another computer that will receive the container.
cat filenamead >> filenameaa
So how do i identify the sda1 partition in the cat command?
Thanks for your help.
Tito
With split, split -b 1000m filename /mnt/sda1/filename
basicly the same for cat.
Re: Splitting large files into external FAT32 HD
Quote:
Originally Posted by firebyrd10
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tito
Hello people:
[snip] I do have space in the external HD (sda1 partition) so my question is if there is any simple modification of the split command
split -b 1000m filename filename
to put the split pieces into sda1 rather than hda1. I also want to join the pieces in the sda1 partition before connecting the external HD to another computer that will receive the container.
cat filenamead >> filenameaa
So how do i identify the sda1 partition in the cat command?
Thanks for your help.
Tito
With split,
split -b 1000m filename /mnt/sda1/filename
basicly the same for cat.
Thanks. In the external HD i have a little less than 8 GB so to rejoin
the parts into the whole container, which is 4GB, i need to delete the parts as they are being assembled. How do i modify the cat command to do just that?
Tito
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Re: Splitting large files into external FAT32 HD
[snip]
So how do i identify the sda1 partition in the cat command?
Thanks for your help.
Tito[/quote]
With split, split -b 1000m filename /mnt/sda1/filename
basicly the same for cat.[/quote]
In the Root Shell i wrote:
split -b 1000m mnt/hda1/filename.xxx /mnt/sda1/filename
and the system responded
split: mnt/hda1/filename.xxx: No such file or directory
However, i know it is there, i can see it with Konqueror. What could
be wrong with my command?
Cheers
Tito
