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Date:      Thu, 20 Mar 1997 12:22:24 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@keystone.westminster.edu>
Cc:        Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: dump for msdos filesystems 
Message-ID:  <2676.858889344@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Mar 1997 13:10:10 EST." <Pine.BSI.3.91.970320130820.15475C-100000@keystone.westminster.edu> 

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> > if not, I'm going to hack on dump a bit.
> 
> I might just be being stupid here, but can't you mount your DOS 
> partition, and just backup whatever directory you mounted it on?
> I guess it might create some problems come restore time, but that could 

Not at all - I do this all the time with cpio.  It's the only way my
DOS files ever get backed up at all. :) [And yes, I've restored my DOS
filesystem to full working order more than once with the amazing combo
FreeBSD/DOS fixit floppy :-) ]

					Jordan



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