Hi,
Lately, when rsync updates my WinXP partition (by this command)... rsync -Hvxrlt --delete /mnt/tempWindows/ /mnt/backupWindows ... I get the following error messages ...
Given this is a swap file, and therefore its contents should only be relevent until a system is rebooted, why bother syncing it at all:
rsync --exclude=pagefile.sys
Thanks. Never noticed that parameter/argument. Added it into the backup command (above), and it solved the problem. Thanks, Matthew Cengia.
Finally, I'm surprised that you don't have more issues syncing a Windows partition using the Linux NTFS drivers; I'd assume that this would ignore a while lot of permissions and ACLs which I'd expect to cause problems, or at least insecurities.
I was concerned about those sorts of things, but didn't fully understand them. But, the backups boot up well, and the programs all seem to function OK. Part of the "solution" may be because my WinXP partitions aren't NTFS, but (time to gasp) FAT32. I'm not networked with anyone else when running WinXP, except for web surfing and downloading/updating applications and utilities. Don't store any valuable data on that partition. Only potential problem is max file size of 4GB, but I do any DVD-related stuff on Linux now.
Interesting to see that it boots at all, but I'd definitely be concerned about permissions issues, though this may not be a problem for your specific use-case.
Could be the FAT32 thing making it possible to boot and run. As far as the permissions: I have up-to-date security utils for it (AVG antivirus, ZoneAlarm firewall, Advanced System Care); nothing worth stealing; and nothing (except programs) that would be missed if it were erased -- on the WinXP partition. Cheers, Carl