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Old 03-17-2006, 05:24 AM   #1
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Can different FS be duplicated


Hi folks,

I have DSL 2.2b running on /dev/hda5 on ext 2 with grub as bootloader. I have /dev/sda1 of a pendrive running on FAT16 which is a MUST otherwise the BIOS unable to boot it. I'm testing to run DSL on the pendrive using grub as bootload.

Would it be possible to duplicate /dev/hda5 on /dev/sda1 the later having 800M in capacity sufficient for DSL 2.2b to run. They are of different filesystem.

I tried follows without success;

1)
# cp -aRx /mnt/hda5/* /mnt/sda1/
Code:
....
....
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/mnt/sda1/etc/rc5.d/S49dsl_restore': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/mnt/sda1/etc/rc5.d/S99bootlocal': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/mnt/sda1/etc/rc6.d/K20pcmcia': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/mnt/sda1/etc/rc6.d/K79nfs-common': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/mnt/sda1/etc/rc6.d/S90knoppix-reboot': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/mnt/sda1/etc/rcS.d/S00knoppix-autoconfig': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/mnt/sda1/etc/rcS.d/S01dsl-config': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/mnt/sda1/etc/rcS.d/S35devpts.sh': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/mnt/sda1/etc/resolv.conf': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/mnt/sda1/etc/samba': Operation not permitted
cp: failed to preserve ownership for `/mnt/sda1/etc/shadow': Operation not permitted
I have to stop it manually.


2)
# (cd /mnt/hda5 && tar -clpsf- *) | (cd /mnt/sda1 && tar -xpsf -)
Code:
...
...
tar: dev/tty25: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty26: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty27: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty28: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty29: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty3: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty30: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty31: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty32: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty33: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty34: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty35: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty36: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty37: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty38: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty39: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
I have to stop it manually.


3)
# (cd /mnt/hda5 && tar -cpsf- *) | (cd /mnt/sda1 && tar -xpsf -)
Code:
...
......
tar: dev/sdb8: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdb9: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc1: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc10: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc11: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc12: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc13: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc14: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc15: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc2: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc3: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc4: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc5: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/sdc6: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
I have to stop it manually.

Advice would be appreciated. TIA

B.R.
satimis
 
Old 03-17-2006, 06:35 AM   #2
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Beyond many others features, FAT doesn't supports symbolic links.
 
Old 03-17-2006, 10:26 AM   #3
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Would it be possible to copy DSL to the pendrive as an .iso image, then run the distro directly from the image itself.

I know it's possible to recursively mount a disk image using the loopback command in mount, but I don't know if it's possible to boot from one directly. I imagine it could be done though. Perhaps there's a way to get grub to boot from the image as if it were a CD?
 
Old 03-17-2006, 05:53 PM   #4
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I haven't used either distro but you could try ZipSlack. It runs from a file on a FAT disk, could be worth a shot
 
Old 03-17-2006, 06:00 PM   #5
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Another option would have been to use UMSDOS on the pendrive, but I'm afraid support is fading in recent kernels ...
 
  


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