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dd backup fails with "File too large" error despite ample free space on FAT32 partition

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I am attempting to back up a drive, but alas I am met with the following issue:
trisquel@trisquel:~$ sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/media/trisquel/Backup/ImageBackupOfSeptember202024/full-backup.image status=progress
4261118464 bytes (4.3 GB, 4.0 GiB) copied, 77 s, 55.3 MB/s
dd: writing to '/media/trisquel/Backup/ImageBackupOfSeptember202024/full-backup.image': File too large
8388608+0 records in
8388607+1 records out
4294967295 bytes (4.3 GB, 4.0 GiB) copied, 122.389 s, 35.1 MB/s
trisquel@trisquel:~$ cd /media/trisquel/Backup/ImageBackupOfSeptember202024/
trisquel@trisquel:/media/trisquel/Backup/ImageBackupOfSeptember202024$  df -Ph . | tail -1 | awk '{print $4}'
834G
trisquel@trisquel:/media/trisquel/Backup/ImageBackupOfSeptember202024$
As stated, the drive has 834G of free space (far above the 500 GB maximum of the drive to be backed up), and is formatted as FAT32 Is there anything I can do to help remedy this issue? Thank you so much for any help you can provide. ____ **OS**: Trisquel Live Installation Media (an Ubuntu-based live usb system) **Device**: x230 ThinkPad FAT 900GB Partition Figure 1: Screenshot from Gnome Disk Utility
Asked by mousegoraandbite122314 (61 rep)
Sep 21, 2024, 06:51 AM
Last activity: Sep 22, 2024, 11:30 AM