copying a large file

[igor_m]

Hi,
I’m trying to rescue a couple of files from my dead (windows) PC using knoppix.
I’ve run into a problem trying to copy one file (huge ~ 23 Gb ) to my USB HDD (FAT;
2 partitions each~ 30Gb) – the “cp” has copied only 2 Gb of the target file; then I got error message “file limit has exceeded”;
but the “ulimit –f “ returns “unlimited”
Any ideas?
Thanks!
igor_m