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...> 2GB-1, which is 50 times the size of your whole uncompressed maildir. > > > > > How does one back up emails on a external drive? > > Some advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Check this out: > > ================================================ > slitt at mydesq2:~$ df -h ~/mail/Maildir > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sdb8 116G 11G 100G 10% /home/slitt/mail/Maildir > slitt at mydesq2:~$ > ================================================ > > I don't have 40 GB, but * have 11, which is less than an ord...

Hello, Yesterday I tried to back up a 40GB maildir . I tried to move the maildir from home to external HDD but failed. Decided then to compress it(which took several hours). Now changing the disk format from FAT to exFAT to allow the transfer for the large compressed file. How does one back up emails on a external drive? Some advice would be greatly appreciated.

...se exFAT. Regular FAT32 has a max filesize of 2GB-1, which is 50 times the size of your whole uncompressed maildir. > > How does one back up emails on a external drive? > Some advice would be greatly appreciated. Check this out: ================================================ slitt at mydesq2:~$ df -h ~/mail/Maildir Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb8 116G 11G 100G 10% /home/slitt/mail/Maildir slitt at mydesq2:~$ ================================================ I don't have 40 GB, but * have 11, which is less than an order of magnitude away. I just...

...size of your whole uncompressed maildir. >> >>> >>> How does one back up emails on a external drive? >>> Some advice would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Check this out: >> >> ================================================ >> slitt at mydesq2:~$ df -h ~/mail/Maildir >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >> /dev/sdb8 116G 11G 100G 10% /home/slitt/mail/Maildir >> slitt at mydesq2:~$ >> ================================================ >> >> I don't have 40 GB, but * have 11, w...