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Anyone managed to copy large files, eg. MP3s onto a P1i / P990 / M600 via the USB cable in file transfer mode under Linux?

I've not had any luck. It mounts the flash memory card drive and I can browse it, but I get IO errors when trying to write files to it (only about 32k gets copied).

cheers
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Posted: 2007-08-17 12:26:54
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Install the NTFS-3G software and try again...

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Posted: 2007-08-17 13:29:17
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I'll look into it, thanks. I thought USB flash drives are generally formatted FAT rather than NTFS?

[ This Message was edited by: meh106 on 2007-08-17 12:55 ]
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Posted: 2007-08-17 13:33:51
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Ofcourse they are. My bad, it was just the first thing coming to mind since you only had problems with writing which is exactly what NTFS-3G is for when using NTFS drives. It does however have a util for recognising addon-drives so it might work anyway. Worth a shot.

If you solve it please let me know how since I'm moving to an all linux platform in the near future.
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Posted: 2007-08-17 14:53:22
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I've not had any problems doing this with Ubuntu 7.04. Didn't have to consciously install anything extra.
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Posted: 2007-08-17 16:01:45
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Thanks cfrancolini, thats reassuring - so it *should* work Could you say what mount options you use, or what options the automounter is using? dmesg output from when you plug it in might be helpful too.

cheers
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Posted: 2007-08-17 16:52:26
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which distro do you use?
i had no trouble with linux and my mobile phones.
if you keep having those trouble; might try installing vmware using a virtual windows.
i worked around with kubuntu/gentoo/mandivia and didn't have too many difficulties.
maybe your usb modules to the kernel are not installed or complete

don't know if it's an option;
try pclinuxos ..... is by fare the most desktop ready system.
i play with linux for 8yrs or so, .... pclinuxos is definitly the best i think
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Posted: 2007-08-17 16:57:21
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I'm currently on opensuse 10.0 I've been considering switching to ubuntu for a while, but I've alot of development work stuff tied into this setup at the moment so it would be a non trivial exercise I need to wait for some downtime between projects before safely taking it on

If it works for you, could I ask you for your mtab/mount options and dmesg output too?

I just tried it on a friend's recently installed ubuntu laptop and it managed to copy the first megabyte or two of an mp3 before the rest of the file ended up being corrupted
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Posted: 2007-08-17 17:17:44
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