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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> Is there some way to tar all but selected directories 
> of a partition?

Yes, use the --exclude or -X parameters.  Or simply 
specify the directories you want in the tar.

> --exclude-from=FILE, 

That's the same as -X

> where FILE is a list of globbing patterns, whatever that is.  
> I made a file with the  names of the directories to exclude, 
> which did not work.

It works for me.

> The busybox tar has far fewer switches but has proved useful 
> other times.

That's what I'm using.  Both -X and --exclude work as expected.  
BTW --exclude does only one file (although you can have more 
than one --exclude).

> I am stuck with DOS 7.10 for this computer unless someone 
> can explain how to set up lilo to choose between DOS, BL3 
> and BL2, with DOS as default.

I am reluctant to offer advice about lilo because I am not
an expert on lilo (I prefer using loadlin).  I'm sure a
dozen people on linux-newbie would give much better lilo
advice than I can.  However, I previously did venture a 
suggestion for booting DOS and Linux with lilo.  Did you 
try that?  Did it work?  

Cheers,
Steven

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