cp <Fat16, 400MB> <Fat16, 1,4GB> does not work

[Ekkard Gerlach]

Hi,
(using Linux 2.2.14, GNU Parted 1.2.14)
 
cp <Fat16,400MB> <Fat16,1,4GB> does not work. That means: 

   cp 2 1

does not work with /dev/hda2 is FAT16 (about 400MB) and 
/dev/hda1 is Fat16 (about 1,4GB).  I already 
tested hda1: I formatted as Fat16 and I mounted 
this partition sucessfully. 


parted claims within   cp 2 1 : 
Warning: The file system can only be resized to this size by
converting to FAT32.  If you
convert to FAT32, and MS Windows is installed on this partition, then
you must re-install the MS
Windows boot loader.  If you want to do this, you should consult the
Parted manual (or your
distribution's manual).  Also, converting to FAT32 will make the file
system unreadable by MS
DOS, MS Windows 95a, and MS Windows NT.
OK Cancel ? c

Parted wants to convert to Fat32 ! Why? 
hda2 is not greater that 2 GB (=limit for FAT)! 

Reversed copying Fat16 (1,8GB) to a Fat16 (400MB) works fine
(if allocated data in 1,8GB partition is smaller than 400MB,of
course)!

thx for help
Ekkard



Background information:

1. yesterday hda1 was Fat32. But I don't need it any longer. So 
   I converted it to Fat16 with fdisk. After I formatted hda1 
   with success.

2. #> fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1655 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1       181   1453851    6  FAT16
/dev/hda2           182       227    369495   16  Hidden FAT16
/dev/hda3           228       418   1534207+  83  Linux
/dev/hda4           419      1655   9936202+   f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5   *       419       431    104391   83  Linux
/dev/hda6   *       432       443     96358+  83  Linux
/dev/hda7   *       444       462    152586   83  Linux
/dev/hda8           463       763   2417751   83  Linux
/dev/hda9   *       764      1023   2088418+   6  FAT16
/dev/hda10  *      1024      1374   2819376   83  Linux
/dev/hda11  *      1375      1655   2257101   83  Linux