On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On 17 Jan 2002, Aharon Schkolnik wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > I have a machine with Windows 95 and Linux installed on it.
> > I have the W95 (FAT) partitions mounted under linux. I would like to
> > back up the W95 partitions using tar under Linux. Seems to be that I
> > once had a problem backing up W95 files which have Hebrew names. I
> > don't have the machine in front of me right now, so I can't supply all
> > the details.
> >
> > In the meantime, has anyone tried this ?
>
> Try mounting it with the codepage iso8859-8 (or windows1255 or cp1255) and
> then tar. I believe that tar saves 8bit file names, and IIRC I tried
> opening such a tarball with winzip on hebrew win98 and it worked fine.
I would recommend the uni_xlate option when mounting vfat filesystems.
This will ensure that your backup preserves the filename even if it
contains Unicode characters, which don't have representation in the
ISO8859-8 codepage.
I had the experience of unsuccessful backup&restoration of a Windows 95
partition without this option, and successful backup&restoration with this
option (under Linux 2.0.36).
--- Omer
There is no IGLU Cabal. The sad IGLU Cabal story starts with "Once upon a
time, most people scoffed at the idea of religiously mandated backup of
their computer stuff..." and the rest of the story was lost in the ritual
imitation of a black hole, which was designated as The Official Unbackuped
Stuff Swallower.
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