title: cp: failed to preserve ownership error when mounted manually
body: <p>I copied files from a partition of bootable pendrive using</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo cp -Rrf --preserve=all /media/Necktwi/BOOT/* BOOT/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I could able copy back as it is using <code>sudo cp -Rrf --preserve=all BOOT* /media/Necktwi/BOOT/</code>
  when ubuntu mounts the partition.</p>
  
  <p>But when I mount using</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo mount -w /dev/sdc1 /mnt/boot
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and try to copy back all its contents I get <code>cp: failed to preserve ownership</code> for each file being copied.</p>
  
  <p>the <code>/etc/mtab</code> entry for the partition when ubuntu mounts it is</p>
  
  <pre><code>/dev/sdc1 /media/Necktwi/boot vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush,uhelper=udisks2 0 0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the <code>/etc/mtab</code> entry for the partion when I mount with <code>mount</code> command above is</p>
  
  <pre><code>/dev/sdc1 /mnt/boot vfat rw 0 0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>so I think I should specify some extra options in my <code>mount</code> command. My partition is <code>fat16</code>. 
  How to avoid the <code>cp: failed to preserve ownership</code> error?</p>