Well after more digging found that the files not included in tar archive were tied to hard links. Displayed by find command:
find . -type f ! -links 1 -prinff "%i %n %p\n" | sort -n
Now I need a solution to cloning a partition that clones hard links correctly.
- tried drivecopy ( died on CRC error ) - dd incorrectly writes one less sector than read on partions with odd numbered sectors
Brock Wolfe ___________________________________________________________________ "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." --- Henry Ford ___________________________________________________________________