Re: USB Live Ubuntu Persistence

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Author: Dazed_75
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Subject: Re: USB Live Ubuntu Persistence
>
> > That sounds like a possibility all right. TTBOMK though, FAT32 has a 2G
> > file size limit. :(
> >
>
> Now that I think of it though, are we confusing partition vs file sizes?
> The 'overlay' partition would be what's over 2G, not a file. From what
> I've seen of overlay filesystems, there are still going to be
> independent files within the partition. It's not just one big file. As
> such, I doubt this is the problem. As always, I could be wrong. I think
> I was on that last post (except for the 2G part!).
>
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> -Eric 'shubes'
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Actually, FAT32 is 4GB limit according to several sources. Which explains
how I was able to put a DVD .iso on a FAT32, but not a FAT16 partition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938937.aspx

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Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry
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