Paul Stear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Harry, > This problem has nothing to do with windows, in fact my XP machine isn't even > switched on. You say the fs was created by the the router and that you don't know what the fs is. Yet you also say it has nothing to do with windows. Your error output indicates it is almost certainly a windows based fs. Can you post the output of fdisk -l /dev/YourUSBdevice (minus the last number) (You'll need to su to root for this) You will need to plug the device directly into the gentoo box and figure out which sdX device it is then: fdisk -l /dev/sdX > 1. If I copy the actual file and in the future need to restore my > system from this full backup, what will be the implication of having > perhaps multiple copies of some files? 2. How do other gentoo'ers > achieve backup onto a windows machine? There are other gotchas that are even worse using windows based receiver fs. Some kind of file modification date snafu can cause massive re rsyncing of everything in the backup. It happend to me quite a while back so I've forgotten the details. You need to reformat the usb disks so all these problems disappear. > I will change the command line to include another -v and an STDERR to see if > this helps with the mail problem. I have noticed that some messages get > copied - in the case of one of my mail folders I have951 messages but only 15 > are in the backup, some folders are completely empty. > > I am a little confused if cifs does or does not support symlinks. Have you read man mount.cifs? It tells you there. > As a last resort is there any other way for me to to achieve a complete copy > of my gentoo system on this network usb storage link? Plug the USB devices into you gentoo box usb ports then: Reformat it to ext3 or some other linux friendly fs. Use fdisk or cfdisk to set up any partitions you might want use mkfs.ext3 or mfks.reiserfs (or some other favored fs) while device is umounted. Understand that all data will be lost during this format. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
