Just a sample of the Echomail archive
Cooperative anarchy at its finest, still active today. Darkrealms is the Zone 1 Hub.
|    OS2USER-L    |    OS2 User mailing list gated from e-group    |    325 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    Message 194 of 325    |
|    "Tony Valenti" to All    |
|    Re: USB thumb drive write/close problem    |
|    14 Jan 14 14:50:05    |
      pusa.dynip.com@returns.groups.yahoo.com       wpusa.dynip.com       usa.dynip.com@returns.groups.yahoo.com       .bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com) (67.195.87.102)       Jan 2014 20:50:15 -0000       Jan 2014 20:50:15 -0000       2014 20:50:15 -0000       r@yahoogroups.com       Maximum file size on FAT32 is 4gb. Are you exceeding it?              tony              On 14 Jan 2014 10:40:10 -0800, mwvnews@gmail.com wrote:              >I have a 16G thumb drive formatted with FAT32 using DFSee as the tool to make       that        happen.       >       >I've got a directory on my local HD that I'm using XCOPY to save off on to       the thumb        drive.       >       >Part of the way through the copy, the system will report it is unable to       close the source        and target file. It can routinely fail at the same place. And once in a       while it gets farther        before reporting this error. It happens with the OS/2 Command and the 4OS2        Command applications.       >       >I'm thinking that the USB thumb (& system) is still trying to perform the       write operation        when the XCOPY command tries to close the file. RSYNC program has a similar        problem and has failed at the same place too.       >       >RSYNC doesn't fail (nor does the XCOPY) if the destination is a USB Hard       drive, or a        local SATA disk.       >       >Has anyone else experienced this problem? And if so, how did you get around       it.       >       >I'm using the eCS 2.1 delivered USB stack except for the mouse & keyboard.       >       >-Mark V                                   ------------------------------------              Yahoo Groups Links              <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/os2user/              <*> Your email settings:        Individual Email | Traditional              <*> To change settings online go to:        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/os2user/join        (Yahoo! ID required)              <*> To change settings via email:        os2user-digest@yahoogroups.com         os2user-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com              <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:        os2user-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com              <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to:        http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/                     ---        * Origin: Waldo's Place USA Internet Gateway (1:3634/1000)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca