Charles Curley wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 10:24:45AM -0300, Maximo Monsalvo wrote:
> > I try to copy a copy of my linux from the disck (ext2) to partition fat16
> > mounted in my linux
> > but i can't copy ( link synbolik no created)
>
> Fat 16 does not support symbolic links, nor hard links, nor links of any
> kind. You will also find that, while your files and directories copied,
> their permissions have been destroyed. Fat 16 does not support Unix-stype
> permissions.
>
> Similarly for vfat, fat32 and any other varians on FAT.
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But a tar would retain all of that.  So, depending on your purpose, you might
try a tarball.


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