On 1/16/07, John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am trying to use rsync to create a mirror of my Linux laptop (Ubuntu Dapper amd-64) onto a USB drive hanging on a Windows 2000 desktop over ethernet.
rsync: mknod "/media/smb/laptop/dev/.static/dev/.static/dev/rfcomm74" failed: Operation not permitted (1) rsync: symlink "/media/smb/laptop/dev/.static/dev/.static/dev/sr0" -> "scd0" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
The trouble is that some aspects of your Linux laptop's filesystem, including device nodes and symlinks, cannot be represented on the USB drive through SMB. If this is a problem (e.g., if you want to be able to restore the entire laptop from the USB drive and have it work), I can think of two options you might try: (1) Attach the USB drive directly to the laptop, create a Linux filesystem on the drive (e.g., ext3 or reiserfs), and back up the laptop to that filesystem with rsync. (2) Store a tar file of the laptop into the SMB share, in which case all the Linux-specific metadata is contained in the tar file and no special help is needed from SMB: tar -zcf /media/smb/laptop.tar.gz --anchored --exclude=/proc --exclude=/media / Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
