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Date:      Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:02:32 -0700
From:      "David Smithson" <david@customfilmeffects.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: how to use 'dd' to create image of a hard drive?
Message-ID:  <020f01c268d5$75316790$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com>
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> >> >Hi all!
> >> >
> >> > Can I use something like
> >> >
> >> >dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/ad1

Yes.  This will work fine.

> NO! An entire image is taken of the ad0 and no labeling is necessary. It
is
> bootable already.
>
> Best regards,
> Jack L. Stone,
> Administrator

I agree with Jack.  However, if you want to boot from it as "ad1" or
whatever, I think you'll have to tweak your bootloader settings a little
bit.  Right?





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