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[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Looking for USB pen-drive -> CD based backup sy
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Troels Arvin |
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[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Looking for USB pen-drive -> CD based backup system |
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Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:25:24 +0200 |
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:34:49 +0100, Kevin Spicer wrote:
> USB data pens tend to use a FAT filesystem, so you may lose metadata
But rdiff-backup stores meta-data separately, as I understand it, meaning
that the original meta-data will be restored, if rdiff-backup is also used
in the restore-proces.
Or have I misunderstood something?
(Do, however, look at the --windows-mode parameter if storing on a
FAT-filesystem.)
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Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark