From: Twanny Azzopardi <twanny.azzopardi at gmail.com> > output of fdisk: > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sde: 68.7 GB, 68719476736 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8354 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sde1 1 4177 33551721 83 Linux > --- > output of ll > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 9230653440 Aug 5 22:47 file.tar Just in case, you did not partition the whole key... right? One test would be to try to copy 9 files of 1GB and see at what point it fails (if it does)... When I was making my install usb keys, some of them did not seem to like "big" files for some unknown reason... Had to replace the DVD iso files with the CD ones. JD