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Date:      Sun, 3 Oct 2010 11:09:53 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Robert <traveling08@cox.net>
Subject:   Re: OT: fdisk
Message-ID:  <20101003110953.46fb7f2e.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=7rTJ%2BjYGSJS_P4s9pUi1yV558M-hwfSKREd1y@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20101002113640.2ab36871@asus64> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010021658060.83540@wonkity.com> <20101002165150.01e0cac0@asus64> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010021857440.83826@wonkity.com> <20101002194502.24e0f9da@asus64> <AANLkTi=7rTJ%2BjYGSJS_P4s9pUi1yV558M-hwfSKREd1y@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 01:15:06 -0500, Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe that the above 'if' operand to dd should instead be /dev/da1
> (without the 's1' slice). Also, the operand 'of' will need to point to
> a device, such as /dev/ad12, or a file on a mounted file system, such
> as /mnt/my_disk_image.img

A good advice. Also: You should, when in doubt, never, NEVER operate
on the disk you want to restore data from. Dump the whole disk into
a file and operate on THAT file. Use mdconfig to make it a block
device if needed.


-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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