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On Friday 28 December 2007, Roman Zilka wrote: |
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> > symlink |
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> > "/mnt/external/OneFileSystemBackup/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/libopcod |
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> >es.so" -> "/usr/lib32/binutils/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.18/libopcodes.so" |
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> > failed: Operation not permitted (1) |
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> |
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> This is most likely caused by the FAT filesystem on the target device. |
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> Just like a lot of other errors, probably. Symlinks do not exist on a |
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> regular FAT. |
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> |
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> Copying data from a unix/linux-ish filesystem to a FAT-based filesystem |
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> is impossible without losing something (special files like symlinks, |
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> sockets, devices etc., file ownership info and more). Maybe there are |
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> some modern FAT variations capable of storing all this linux-specific |
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> data (thinking of umsdos), but I dare doubt that's the case of your |
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> backup drive. |
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> |
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> If you're thinking of maybe recovering some important system files from |
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> this backup sometime, change the backup drive's filesystem to something |
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> more capable (the aforementioned ext2, for instance). |
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> |
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> -rz |
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Thanks Roman, |
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I had come to that conclusion so I have formated my external usb disc with |
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ext3 and am running the backup now. So far all seems well. |
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Thanks for all who helped me with this problem especially Neil and Roman. |
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Paul |
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