On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 11:53 +1100, Chris Smart wrote: > 2009/12/21 DB <[email protected]> > Hi Chris, > > The original command was > > tar cvzf F11_Home_Dave_20091217.tar.gz /home/Dave > > and the "problem" is that tar tvh F11*gz lists all the files > on the F11 desktop, but when the external HDD is transferred > to the F12 laptop, tar tvh (and ark) give the errors > quoted... > > > > Make sure that you are "safely removing" your drive before you unplug > it. > > Copy the file, run the "sync" command and then unmount. Make sure that > it is definitely unmounted before you unplug it. It could be that you > are removing it before it has *actually* synchronises the data. > > I agree with the checksum suggestions below and I'm sure they will > show a difference. If so, try the above. Copy, run sync, run checksum.
AFAIK in modern Linux systems running "sync" doesn't actually guarantee anything beyond what "umount" is already doing. poc -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
