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Hi Bill,

- snip -

> You can use dump/tar to back up the actual data.

I also apply 'tar' command to backup actual data
keeping the directory tree simultaneously.  Kindly
advise what is 'dump/tar'

B.R.
Stephen

- snip -

> Then, if you needed to restore/rebuild from scratch,
you could boot a
> CD (such as FreeSBIE) partition the new disk based
on the disklabel/
> fdisk dumps you made prior, then use restore/tar to
restore the
> actual data.


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