Scott van Looy wrote: > It's not a fat drive or something silly is it? They have file size > limits... > FAT = 2gig limit > FAT32 = 4gig limit Chitlesh GOORAH replied: > hmm My hdd is on ext3 whereas my usb hdd is on fat32 > > do you think this might be the problem ? Scott (correctly) told him: > Yep, reckon so...as I said, AFAIK there's a 4gig limit on FAT32 filesizes Incidentally, "Red Hat Magazine" today published *exactly* this advice at http://www.redhat.com/magazine/025nov06/features/tips_tricks/ ... James -- E-mail: james@ | Anonymous: What do you think of Stainer's aprilcottage.co.uk | "Crucifixion"? | Sir Thomas Beecham: Good idea!