On Thursday 23 September 2010 19:43:14 Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 05:52:26PM +0200, Marcus Hardt wrote: > > [..] > > > > > I think it does the basic permissions that map to unix > > > equivalents. It doesn't preserve acls, nor does it have any way > > > to work around the existing ones - so you may have files that > > > you can read in the backups but can't write back over the > > > existing copy > > > > Right. There might be files already the image restoration done in > > an earlier step. > > > > > > Would s.th. like this work: > > > > 1: Restore an half year old image, using dd (for partition table and > > MBR's sake) > > 2; Mount it > > 3: "rm -rf" it > > 4: Copy the backup > > > > Or would this kill the windows installation at some point? > > 0.o > > I really don't think that would work. > > The big thing here is that you *can't modify open files in Windows*. > That includes all of the system libraries. This is probably the > source of a lot of your trouble.
Sure. I'd thought of doing this after booting a grml live linux cd. -- M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
