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On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:22:31 +0200
Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:

> doing 1:1 copies with dd is always possible and will
> keep content identically; remember to copy the MBR separately
> with bs=512 and count=1 from the /dev/ad{source} device.

Why?