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From: go_spam_yourself@iglou1.iglou.com (Bill Marcum)
Subject: Re: File systems and raw devices
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In article <01bc5c7f$4149f860$8a1ca68f@carlos.us.dell.com>, Carlos
A. Gonzalez wrote:

>Unix Gurus:
>
>I need some help
>
>How do I get 3 data files into  the same raw device ??
>

tar cf /dev/raw/device /some/unix/file1 /some/unix/file2 ...

>Will something like this work or will I end up in overwritting file1
>and then file2 ??
>
>dd if=/some/unix/file1 of=/dev/raw/device
>dd if=/some/unix/file2 of=/dev/raw/device
>dd if=/some/unix/file3 of=/dev/raw/device
>
>Any help will be appreciated
>
>Thanks
>
>Carlos
>


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