FC4: which tool to dump ext3 file systems while keeping ext_attr and context information

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• Subject: FC4: which tool to dump ext3 file systems while keeping ext_attr and context information
• From: Robinson Tiemuqinke <hahaha_30k@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:54:46 -0800 (PST)
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Hi,

 Any can help me choose a tool to backup ext3 file
systems on FC4? gtar, star? dump? 

 It's rumored that the gnu tar is not good at saving
extended file system information, while I need to save
not only file system's data, but also extented
information like ACL, context, etc.

Thanks a lot.

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