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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:08:05 +0200
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca>
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Forgot to mention this:


On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:23:00 -0400, PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> wrote:
> 1. will the s1a slice dump the entire system, that is, the a, d, e, f
> and g slices or is it partitions?

The ad0s1 slice (containing the a, d, e, f and g partitions) can
be copied 1:1 with dd. By using dump + restore, the partitions
need to be copied after another. In each case, the entire system
will be copied. For this purpose, even the long lasting

	# dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/da0 bs=1m
	# dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/da0 bs=512 count=1

method can be used.



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Polytropon
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