On Sunday 04 April 2010, George R Goffe wrote: >Howdy, > >I'm trying to copy my boot partition (and others) to a new drive with > dump/restore pipes. > >(cd /rb.boot ; /sbin/dump -f - /dev/sda1 | /sbin/restore -rf -) > >I get a bunch of messages I've never seen before; here's a sample: > >/sbin/restore: ./grub/ffs_stage1_5: EA set > security.selinux:system_u:object_r:boot_t:s0 failed: Operation not > supported > >I'm running with Selinux turned off now but it came out of the box > (install DVD) with Selinux turned on. > >Could someone help me with this problem please? > >Regards, > >George... Dump/restore is a very poor tool to use unless the drives are identical. Partition, label and format the new drive like you want it, then use rsync on a partition by partition basis, bearing in mind that you can src from a directory to a partition if you would like to split a busy partition into 2 on the new drive. >"It's not what you know that hurts you, It's what you know that ain't so." > Wil Rogers > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) "If you can, help others. If you can't, at least don't hurt others." -- the Dalai Lama -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
