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$ 7z a -mx=9 Jackson* Jackson*
$ 7z a -mx=9 -v4000M Jackson* Jackson*
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pdebski commented Jan 16, 2018

-v4000M - make it fit on FAT volume
Note: -v4G contrary to your belief will NOT make the volumes fit on FAT fs as 7z calculates compressed size with some approximation and additionally adds checksum to the compresses volume.

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