On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 15:53 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:38:34 +1300 > James Paterson wrote: > > > If I back up my Linux home the other way to the C: drive > > Would a Linux D: drive reinstall be likely to cause much > > grief if I have a copy of home on C: ? > > you will lose all information on ownership, permissions and linking, as > dos/win supports none of these. One way round this is to tar the backup files with: tar -p --numeric-owner which preserves permission and owner details. There's probably a better way. Vik :v) ---- "Poverty has many causes, but the biggest cause of all is the silence of people who can do something about it." -- Senator John Edwards (Dem) ------------------------------------------------------------------- To remove yourself from this list, email nzlug-request@linux.net.nz with "unsubscribe" in the body of the message.
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