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Date:      Mon, 25 Feb 2002 07:57:16 -0600
From:      Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
To:        Chip Morton <tech_info@threespace.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Drive/Partition Copying Utilities
Message-ID:  <3C7A42BC.5F5CA956@centtech.com>
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20020224124541.018da8d0@threespace.com>

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Yes.. I do it with compact flash all the time.  I use it to copy fat32, ffs, and
ext2 (have not tried any ext3 yet).

Eric



Chip Morton wrote:
> 
> You used dd to copy which types of partitions?  Have you successfully
> copied any bootable partitions this way?
> 
> At 10:13 AM 2/24/2002, Eric Anderson wrote:
> >I have even used dd to do this too.. Not as "fun" tho as ghost..
> >
> >
> >
> >Brad Knowles wrote:
> > >
> > >         The Linux and FreeBSD stuff should be easy -- simply use the
> > > standard OS-provided utilities to do a "dump | restore", and you
> > > should be done.  The FAT32 and NTFS stuff may require something a bit
> > > more involved, perhaps including some third-party software, etc....
> > >
> 
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