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On 24-May-07, at 3:43 AM, Doug Hardie wrote:

> Rsync will leave you with a duplicate of the drive.  You could  
> pretty much boot off it and run.  You would need to configure the  
> drive and install a boot loader though.

The boot off and run is more in-line with what I want to do, so I  
will go the rsync route instead of the dump/restore route.

Thanks for your feedback, Doug.  It's been a great help.