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Estariel
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 21 Apr 2003
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 Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:09 am Post subject: new external USB harddisk doesn't (quite) work... |
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Hi!
I've got some weird problems with my new USB harddisk.
It gets detected correctly as /dev/sdb1, and I can mount it without problems. I can move most files to it without problems.
Some files I cannot move though.
| Code: | | cp: cannot create regular file `/path/to/file': Invalid argument |
There is nothing extraordinary to these files... They do have some long filenames though...
Could it be that the filesystem (fat32) on the external harddrive cannot handle these long filenames? (it can handle it when plugged into a windows computer though...)
Can I safely reformat the harddisk using ext3 (e.g.?) Or will that kill the firmware on the harddsik?
Thanks a lot!
Estariel
edit: I've tried some stuf and figured out that it doesn't like it if the filename contains any special characters- like questionmarks. All other storage devices on my computer can handle such files... what am i doing wrong? |
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Headrush
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:54 am Post subject: |
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vfat is the culprit.
You can format any filesystem on the hard drive you want. |
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alienjon
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| Is there a way to get vfat to be able to read special characters? If not, where can I find what those character are so I'll know not to use them? |
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