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Olivier Nicole wrote:
>>>> $ newfs -U /dev/ad2s1a
>>>> $ mount /dev/ad2s1a.... /target
>>>> $ cd /target
>>>> $ dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1a  | restore -rf -
>>>>         
>>> [...]
>>>       
>> But what does that mean? But ad2s1a has just been newfs'd - so how can
>>     
>
> Thats ad*1*s1a that has just been formatted, not ad2...
>
> Best,
>
> Olivier
>
>   
Thanks for that.  It took me a while to see that.