Since the microSD card has to be formatted as FAT32 how can I use the larger games since I can't copy them onto the card?
Hacking The item "Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (USA).cia" can't be copied because it is too large ...
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Isn't it because of not enough space on SD? For my 16GB, it works normally even with 5GB games.
No I still have 114GB left on my 128GB card. The description ran out of space so the key part of the message is cut off "... for the volume's format." So how do we use these larger games?
There should be no way your .cia is more than 4GB. How big is the .cia file?
Donkey Kong Country 3D is 2.32GB, Pokemon Sun & Moon are 3GB each and I think a few others are that big too.
I believe the FAT32 file system does not support files that are larger than 4GB. Perhaps you can format the SD card to NTFS or exFat?
Last edited by bowser,
FAT32 is limited to 2GB.
Ok seeing conflicting information on the net, some sites saying FAT32 is limited to 2GB, some say 4GB. If it really is 4GB then why can't I put anything over 2GB on it. Hmm.
Ok seeing conflicting information on the net, some sites saying FAT32 is limited to 2GB, some say 4GB. If it really is 4GB then why can't I put anything over 2GB on it. Hmm.
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If you're installing CIAs, why don't you just install the Freeshop CIA and then download all your games through that?
That will take way too long, FTP is never good to copy large files.
Your memory card.... sd card, maybe has errors or something, you should not have issues copying any file under 4GB in Fat32 format. You either have a problematic sd card or needs reformatting. Can always use the hw2test tool to be sure if the sd card is valid or not.
Ok looks like it is a limitation of Finder in macOS High Sierra, installing a 3rd party file manager and will see if that works.
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (USA) in CIA format cannot be larger than 4 GB. The size should be around 2.20 GB. Did you rip the game from a physical cart or tried converting a .3ds one into CIA using GodMode9 v1.5.0? There is a bug in this particular version that causes it to incorrectly convert .3ds files into .cia.
For future reference when you run into a .3ds file that is 4 GB or larger, you can use 3DS Simple CIA Converter to produce CIA files under 4 GB on your computer.
Edit : Just realized, GodMode9 cannot possible create larger than 4 GB CIA on the 3DS anyway due to the FAT32's 4 GB file limit. You got a bad source dump or whatever you used to convert from .3ds to .cia did it wrong.
For future reference when you run into a .3ds file that is 4 GB or larger, you can use 3DS Simple CIA Converter to produce CIA files under 4 GB on your computer.
Edit : Just realized, GodMode9 cannot possible create larger than 4 GB CIA on the 3DS anyway due to the FAT32's 4 GB file limit. You got a bad source dump or whatever you used to convert from .3ds to .cia did it wrong.
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There's no such thing as 5 GB games.
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It's actually most likely the SD since it's a 128 GB card formatted as FAT32. How did you partition it?
How long have you had this card, what is the reputation of the place you purchased it from, is it a known brand, and have you filled it with more stuff than now in the past?
Ah, yeah, I have a 2013 MacBook Air and Finder has trouble copying anything over 2GB to any external drive. I have Bootcamp Win10 on it so it wasn't an issue, but I always wondered.
Weird. I don't have this problem. Haven't ever heard of it until now.
Edit: Oh, it's a High Sierra bug. That's why I don't have it. I'm still on Sierra because every week it seems High Sierra has some sort of pants-on-head retarded security flaw.
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