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From: newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: backup of DOS partition
Date: 30 Oct 1993 12:56:33 +1030
Organization: cleese.apana.org.au public access UNIX
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References: <1993Oct27.035034.11525@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
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In article <1993Oct27.035034.11525@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca writes:
>Is there a better way to do this than with dd and rsh?
Yes. Mount the DOS filesystem with PCFS and use tar and rsh :-)
Restoring a backup made with dd will fail dismally if you repartition your
hard disk.
- mark
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