just wonderign, wouldn't tar.bz files not keep your attributes? Finne
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Christian Aust wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to convert my 10GB root partition from ext3 to reiserfs. I've learned that > I > can't do that on the fly, like ext2->ext3 conversion is done. So I'll have to backup > all > data, reformat the partition and copy everything back. > > Unfortunately, my external drive is formatted as FAT32 and will not preserve all > filesystem attributes as owner, timestamp and such. My idea was to create an image > on > that drive (which would be ext2 formatted) and copy everything to this image which > is > located on a FAT32 partition. Can I do this? How do I create such an image? How do I > mount it? IMHO it should be possible with the standard tools contained on the > Knoppix > 3.2 CD so I can boot from another medium. > > Best regards, thanks for any help. > > - Christian > > -- > > Christian Aust > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > icq: 84500990 - Yahoo!: datenimperator - MSN: datenimperator > PGP: A073 F9CD 2F23 25D2 EB95 E7A3 B9B4 2AF3 E103 DB5A > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > mvg Finne Boonen *********************************************************************************************** Beware of the spring, it'll jump you when you least expect it -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
