yesterday i've tried to write an 720p movie that have 4.6gb on my memory card wich i can't because the file system of the memory card is FAT32.
as everyone knows FAT32 supports only files below 4gb
after some goooooogle i've found that if i'll format the micro sd in EXT2, wich LINUX know how to use it, i can copy files that have more than 4gb.
said and done after a whole white night !
then i've got another problem called "inode size".
'busybox mkfs.ext2' format micro sd with inode size 256 wich Ext2IFS does not know how to handle it
DAMN !
sleeeeeep...
then start again. this time i've installed ubuntu using vmware, format the card in EXT2 with inode size 128, BUT my phone says "SD card blank or has unsupported file system."
i've tried EXT2 with inode size 256 and i got the same error...
questions:
- if android is based on linux it should read EXT2, right?
- does anyone have any ideea how to copy files that have over 4gb on micro sd card?
any help...?
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Hey guys, currently i'm using a 1gb sd card with cyan rom installed to my htc dream phone.
If I want to change to a higher capacity sd card, how should i go about doing it? In terms of the applications and stuffs?
Do you have your sdcard partitioned in any way? if its only a fat32 formatted card, you can simply format the new one fat32 and copy all files from the old card to the new. If you have it partitioned, match the smaller partitions on the new card (match sizes of ext 2/3/3 and linux swap if you have one and copy files accordingly) and copy old fat32 stored files onto new one (the fat32 partition size difference should not effect anything). I've tried this myself a few months back upgrading from a 4gb class 4 to an 8gb class 6 and I had no issues. Just be sure both cards were partitioned with the same program if you are using linux [I run Ubuntu], otherwise you may run into admin permission problems
Mine is formatted in the way in this site: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream/Magic32B_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
So how should I go about doing it?
Hi everybody,
today i want to get a movie (5,5 GB .mkv file) into my SGS and when i will travel i will be watch it but i have a problem. my phone write me that it cant copy this file into phone. i have free space... where is a problem ? thx
video file size > 4gigs = will not fit on external sd card formatted with fat32
As to how to get to see it on a linux based phone - you will need a linux person to tell you how to setup your sd card so that you can copy large files to it. It might not work in windows after that...
If it was a windows phone you'd format it in ntfs - but I dont think our phones will be happy with that format of card...
Linux peoples - how would this guy get a mem card to format up to take a > 4 gig file on it?
Can it be done easily? What restrictions would there be?
download a tool called 'paragon partition manager'
excellent tool for creating / formatting partitions to operate on linux systems, as well as windows.
ok thanks, but i have in my phone 2 GB microSD card. i want copy into phone's sdcard. so it mean that i should buy larger microsd card
Fastest and simplest way is to cut your movies into parts under 4Gb. This way you don't need to buy a new card or format a current card.
Could he not use GParted and format the card as ext4?
When formatting a new 32gb micro SD card to be used on the NC, what would be considered optimal, as far as file system and allocation unit size is concerned ?
Are you going to put cyanogenMod on the external memory card or just use it for storage? If you are just going to use the card for storage there is not a need to partition it.
If you are though you can use the program on windows OS called "WinImage" that will partition the card automaticly to the right partition size for your boot files. Check this link here on how its done. There is also included youtube links and other information in this thread too to get you started. http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/30462-cant-root-my-new-nook/
You can also do this on linux here. http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/30462-cant-root-my-new-nook/
Just Remember to select the whole Card in linux and not just the partition table when you get started.
If its all storage, then FAT32 and default allocation units.
Hi all, never thought to ask this before, but what is the maximum file size that can be stored on the internal sd? Also what is the format of the internal sd as I know fat32 is upto 4gig but I don't know if it is fat32 or not?
It is ext4 fat32 is a Microsoft things. I have never had an issue with coping any file. Never copied anything over 2gb though as most files are not even close to that.
I feel like I'm missing something here.
I can't transfer a movie into my SD card. It's admittedly a large file. Around 5 and a half gigs. Since its over 4, I get that pesky error that happens with Fat32 formatted storage. I tried reformatting the card to NTFS, but the phone just asks to reformat it when the card is reinserted.
Anyone have a solution or am I stuck having to rip the movie in a smaller file size?
Sent from my SM-N950U
foulmouthedruffian said:
I feel like I'm missing something here.
I can't transfer a movie into my SD card. It's admittedly a large file. Around 5 and a half gigs. Since its over 4, I get that pesky error that happens with Fat32 formatted storage. I tried reformatting the card to NTFS, but the phone just asks to reformat it when the card is reinserted.
Anyone have a solution or am I stuck having to rip the movie in a smaller file size?
Sent from my SM-N950U
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Fat32 is 32bit filesystem so it won't be able to read / write more than 3.76gb files , so you can use exFAT instead of fat32
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vinumsv said:
Fat32 is 32bit filesystem so it won't be able to read / write more than 3.76gb files , so you can use exFAT instead of fat32
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You are a champion! Thanks for your help!