On Sat, 2010-06-05 at 21:24 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > I want to be able to copy that directory with all its subordinate > directories, files, ownerships, permissions, etc. onto a minimum > number of DVDs. Ideally I'd want to pop all those discs into a DVD > drive on a new machine and use 'cp -a' to recreate the .../Everything > directory. A problem with trying to do /that/ simply is the differences between file systems on the hard drive and the DVD. The file and directory permissions may change (typically, you'll find restored files and directories might be read-only, and files being executable, because that's how they were on the DVD, and the copying process keeps them the same), likewise for ownership (DVDs don't support different users and groups) and SELinux contexts. Generally, backups need to use some form of container that understands those things, and can restore them with the file. The tarball being the traditional technique. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
