S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:
> On 4/4/07, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> If you have enough disk space to accomodate your data *without* >> compression you could do the following: >> >> - boot a 'rescue system' (I recommend knoppix) from CD or usb >> - mount both your partition and the one with the free space >> - rsync -avx your data to the free space >> - reformat your partition to ext3 (all data will be lost, so make sure >> you have good backups!) >> - rsync all your data back to the new ext3-partition >> - adjust your /etc/fstab (replace reiserfs by ext3) >> - cross your fingers and reboot > > > OK, but if copy the file to fat32 partion, any problem ? Yes. Fat32 lacks filesystem permissions. You will lose metadata. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
