Re: Windows filesystems mounted by Linux

Joerg Schilling <[email protected]> Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:09:30 +0100

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"Rob Shepherd" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear star users.
>
> Does anybody have any experience or tips on how to backup a local Windows
> XP partition mounted by linux.

What is your problem?

> Choice of windows filesystem is my query in this case. The partition is a
> non-system partition. Thus data only, no large files. Also this is a
> single user system. So no great need for extended attributes or ACLs etc.

In order to backup ACLs, you would need to wait until Linux supports
NFSv4 ACLs, maybe it is easier to port a NT-filesystem driver to Solaris :-)

Jörg

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