Re: rsync for backup, can anybody help

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rsync for backup, can anybody help
\ Paul Stear (25 Dec 2007)
. \ Roman Zilka (25 Dec 2007)
. \ Roman Zilka (25 Dec 2007)
. \ Neil Bothwick (25 Dec 2007)
. . \ Paul Stear (25 Dec 2007)
. . . \ Iain Buchanan (28 Dec 2007)
. . \ Paul Stear (26 Dec 2007)
. . . \ Neil Bothwick (26 Dec 2007)
. \ reader (26 Dec 2007)
. . \ Paul Stear (27 Dec 2007)
. . . \ Roman Zilka (28 Dec 2007)
. . . . \ Paul Stear (29 Dec 2007)
. \ reader (27 Dec 2007)

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Subject:	Re: rsync for backup, can anybody help
Group:	Gentoo-user
From:	Paul Stear
Date:	29 Dec 2007

On Friday 28 December 2007, Roman Zilka wrote:
> > symlink
> > "/mnt/external/OneFileSystemBackup/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/libopcod
> >es.so" -> "/usr/lib32/binutils/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.18/libopcodes.so"
> > failed: Operation not permitted (1)
>
> This is most likely caused by the FAT filesystem on the target device.
> Just like a lot of other errors, probably. Symlinks do not exist on a
> regular FAT.
>
> Copying data from a unix/linux-ish filesystem to a FAT-based filesystem
> is impossible without losing something (special files like symlinks,
> sockets, devices etc., file ownership info and more). Maybe there are
> some modern FAT variations capable of storing all this linux-specific
> data (thinking of umsdos), but I dare doubt that's the case of your
> backup drive.
>
> If you're thinking of maybe recovering some important system files from
> this backup sometime, change the backup drive's filesystem to something
> more capable (the aforementioned ext2, for instance).
>
> -rz

Thanks Roman,
I had come to that conclusion so I have formated my external usb disc with
ext3 and am running the backup now. So far all seems well.
Thanks for all who helped me with this problem especially Neil and Roman.
Paul

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