Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:41:37 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk Cloning Message-ID: <20090930024137.7bf5306d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909291813290.44648@wonkity.com> References: <20090928011444.29110022@chris.makeworld.com> <20090928213703.ecf59a9d.freebsd@edvax.de> <d36406630909281707k5c2e9cb6id46400594643cf7@mail.gmail.com> <20090929022231.9a92783f.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090929023233.69b37187@gumby.homeunix.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909282008020.40345@wonkity.com> <20090929120406.269d3505@gumby.homeunix.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909291813290.44648@wonkity.com>
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On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:15:00 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > For me, it would be because dealing with an individual 512-byte > partition table file is easier than decompressing a multi-gigabyte image > file to get at the first 512 bytes. There is a point where a dd copy of the MBR is quite useful, this is when some MICROS~1 system messed up the MBR and you just want to restore it as it was - when it was completely fine. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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