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From: Dru <dlavigne6@sympatico.ca>
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Subject: dd of mounted filesystem
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Can anyone describe or point me to resources explaining why it is
dangerous to dd a filesystem while it is mounted? Is it still considered
to be dangerous if the system is first dropped down to single-user mode?

Dru