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Re: Can't Create SymLinks on CF Card



On 2011-02-22 21:14 +0100, Hal Vaughan wrote:

> I found this when using tar to unpack an OS image archive.  I've been
> doing this for a while on another CF card and had no problem.  But
> now, when I untar the archive, I keep getting "cannot create symlink"
> and "operation not permitted."

Looks like the card is formatted with an unsuitable filesystem
(e.g. FAT32).

> Does anyone have any idea why I can create and save files on this CF card and cannot make symlinks on it?

Most probably because the filesystem on the card does not support
symlinks.

Sven


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