FC4: which tool to dump ext3 file systems while keeping ext_attr and context information

[Peter Gordon]

On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 16:54 -0800, Robinson Tiemuqinke wrote:
>  Any can help me choose a tool to backup ext3 file
> systems on FC4? gtar, star? dump? 
> 
>  It's rumored that the gnu tar is not good at saving
> extended file system information, while I need to save
> not only file system's data, but also extented
> information like ACL, context, etc.

You might want to try something like cpio.

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