cp: error writing '/location-to-file/file.zip': File too large

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                          **Log**:

    ~$ cp -r folder /media/usr/media-name/
    cp: error writing '/location-to-file/file.zip': File too large
    
**Question**: How to copy large files/folders to media in Linux?

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### Excess Details

500 GB Sandisk Drive
(recently formatted to FAT using GNOME Disks)

Folder of under 20 GB

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Feb 10, 2020, 06:21 PM
Last activity: Feb 10, 2020, 08:14 PM

cp: error writing '/location-to-file/file.zip': File too large

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