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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: DDB and dumping disk 
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:51:54 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:

> I think savecore will find the dump provided dumplo is consistently
> initialized, so the only problem with starting dumps at the start of
> the device is that this will clobber the label if the device contains
> the label.

Given that the moment at which dumpdev is set seems important, I think
it's probably better for me to back these isntructions out of the
dumpon(8) manual page and wait for something less tricky.

Do you agree?

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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