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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 
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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 12:22:24 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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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