How should I backup a hfs drive with rsync from ubuntu?

Hi
I have to backup a hfs+ drive from a ubuntu machine using rsync on ubuntu (i.e., NOT the mac-rsync).
Issues: Apparently ubuntu can handle hfs+ devices only if journaling is disabled. My target device will then be a hfs+ device with journaling disabled.
The source hfs+ device on the mac however has journaling enabled: It hosts the iphoto-library among other things.
Questions: Can I backup the contents of the source device onto the target even if this one has journaling enabled? The goal of course is to be able
                        to copy back the iphoto-library in usable form, in case of problems with the source disk.
                 Is is mandatory that the target is hfs+ (journaled or not) only for the purpose of backup of iphoto-library?
                 If the above is possible, what should I tell to rsync so that the journaling files are not transferred from source to target? Any other files
                 that I should avoid transferring?

No time machine won't backup a fat32 drive.
Chronosync will:
http://www.econtechnologies.com/
Disk Utility can back a fat32 drive up to a disk image.
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Terminal based utilities, such as cp and ditto).
the Mac backup utility for windows "WinClone win do it.
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