cp : File size limit exceeded

[Joachim Backes]

Chitlesh GOORAH wrote:
> Hai there,
> 
> I have a vmware image of 7 GB which I want to backup on my usb hdd
> (40GB). However during the copy of the image from my hdd to the usb
> hdd, I get the error message "File size limit exceeded"
> 
> Anyone got a tweak or solution to help me backup my image ?
> 
> chitlesh(rawhide)[0]$cp rawhide.vmdk /media/disk/
> File size limit exceeded
> 
> chitlesh(rawhide)[0]$ulimit -a
> core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
> data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> max nice                        (-e) 0
> file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
> pending signals                 (-i) 8189
> max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
> max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
> open files                      (-n) 1024
> pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
> POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
> max rt priority                 (-r) 0
> stack size              (kbytes, -s) 10240
> cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
> max user processes              (-u) 8189
> virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
> file locks                      (-x) unlimited
> 
> chitlesh

You have quotas installed on this filesystem?

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