John - You could use the loop device to create an ext2 filesystem within a file in the vfat filesystem. See the mount man page for details. Of course, this will be slower than a regular ext2 or vfat filesystem, and no more dependable than the vfat filesystem. You may also have trouble with the max file size on the vfat filesystem. - Jim Van Zandt >From: "John J. Boyer" <director@chpi.org> >Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 09:28:27 -0500 (CDT) >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=7.0 tests= version=2.20 >X-Spam-Level: > >Hello, I am running a dual-boot machine. Linux and Windows are on separate >drives. My Windows committed suicide, so I'm not worrying about it until I >get a Windows job. However, the Windows drive has lots of room. I would >like to back up my entire Linux system on the Windows drive without having >to change it from VFAT to EXT2. It still has some good data on it. I would >like to be able to put the backup into a directory, with the proper >subdirectories and no compression, so I can refer to it easily. Further >down the road, I would like to burn backup cd's for my Linux system. >however, there is probably more data than will fit on one CD, even if it >is compressed. Hw can I do this? >Thanks. >John