On 2008-09-10 15:19 +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: > On Mon 18 Aug 2008, Joseph Rawson wrote: > >> I just used rsync -av to transfer some files to a vfat partition today, and >> I >> was surprised that the files failed to transfer. I do understand that I >> shouldn't really be using the -a option to transfer the files. On earlier >> kernels, this was never a problem, since I'd only get errors pertaining to >> permissions and ownership not being preserved, yet the files transferred >> just >> fine. > > I've been trying to reproduce this (on a 2.6.26 kernel), and haven't had > any problems. Perhaps you could show exactly what happens?
Note that 2.6.26 doesn't report an error when you try to chmod(2) or chown(2) files on VFAT filesystems, unlike 2.6.25. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
