If I make a .tar archive and copy that to a vfat drive then copy it back to the hard drive and untar it, does that keep permissions?
100% yes. Something in the installation of iso's, even in the vfat system, can use permisions because they set up the permisions correctly on the install. Additionally the live CD's also have permisions and there has been an extention to the dos file system for a decade that immitated Unix file permisions and name extensions. Ruben
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