Bug#315242: nautilus crashes when copying a large file to vfat partition fails

[Sjoerd Simons]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 12:56:02PM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote:
> Package: nautilus
> Version: 2.8.2-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> I've just tried to copy the sarge DVD #1 iso onto a portable mp3 player,
> which uses the vfat filesystem. With nautilus, the process went smoothly
> for about 5 minutes and then nautilus crashed. Only 4.0GB was copied.
> 
> I then tried 'time cp -rp'; after the same amount of time copy bailed
> with 'file too large' errors (presumably a vfat limitation). The
> resulting copy was again, 4.0GB.
> 
> I will double-check the exact byte figures and error message if
> necessary. I think nautilus should follow the 'fail noisily' principle
> when encountering this error.

Could you try to do the copying using gnomevfs-copy ?

  Sjoerd
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