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From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
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Subject: Re: two slices, copy one slice to another?
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Steve P. wrote:

> Is there a trick to copying one working system from a slice to another 
> slice?
>
> What I envision is two slices:
>    /dev/ad0s1 - one complete install
>    /dev/ad0s2  - copy of first install, via dump restore. (Is this 
> where I screwed up?)

Then edit /etc/fstab on /dev/ad0s2 to reflect the changed mount points 
on that slice.  dump/restore was the right thing to do.

--Alex