Hi, i am using systemrescuecd 1.1.2 linux LIVE CD to boot my current system, purpose is to read & move & copy my current system HDD(winxp) non english character word, like chinese word, japanese word... to other media.

I can mount to that HDD partition(ntfs) read&write:
# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1

But during copy the file & folder which is not the english character then having a errors:
INVALID ARGUMENT

Any method to let's me read & write on non english character, by using linux LIVE CD like systemrescuecd linux or other distro LIVE CD?


Thank u.

What is producing the "invalid argument"?
What is the "other media"?
How are you trying to copy?

Hi guru Simon Bridge,

1. What is producing the "invalid argument"?
during i copy files from my current HDD the files & folder which is not the english character, is a chinese word or japaneses word to usb pen drive, then having this error, but copy the english character files&folder is ok.

2. What is the "other media"?
my other media is usb pen drive, second SATA HDD.

3. How are you trying to copy?
# cp -avr /mnt/sda1/document /mnt/sdb1

***/mnt/sda1/document inside this folder have many files include normal english word character files&folder and also have other language character like chinese word, japaness word files&folder. But just can tranfer files which is in normal english word character files&folder.


How to make my current linux LIVE CD to be able read other then english character language files&folder like chinese word, japaness word...

Thank u guru simon.

You can't - it is read-only.

Other live CDs are more flexable - consider knoppix.
I don't know if the Ubuntu live desktop has asian language support - you can look, language support is one of the things they are supposed to be good at. OR you could try B2D Linux - a Taiwanese live distro mased on Knoppix, and you can get it from LQ.

I take it the troublesome files are labelled in unicode?

If you just want a backup, consider copying the entire drive with dd. This command doesn't care what the file names are. You could also try archiving the top documents directory, and copying the zip file.