failed to copy 1 huge file

[ady2007]

I had a problem to copy one huge file (more than 70 GB) from usbdisk (ext 3) to Linux desktop. Only can copy less than 10% of 1 huge file (70 GB +) and failed.
Any suggestion ?

 

[3t0n1c]

First off. It could also mean that the drive you're writing to has some bad blocks or issues.

Being that it is formated ext3, I would dismount it and force run fsck on it. Then, remount it and try again.

Also, try to copy the file to the blackhole and see if you succeed copying the entire thing. If it fails, you obviously have a problem with the source drive.

try: cp 70GBfile /dev/null

Let me know how you make out!

 

[ady2012]

Very long filename can cause copying files failed and slow down copy process.
Because very long filename used more memory.
Thanks