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Date:      Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:03:59 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        D Velez <dvelez502@verizon.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: About fsck and dump
Message-ID:  <3F437FCF.9060409@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <3F436524.6050405@verizon.net>
References:  <3F436524.6050405@verizon.net>

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D Velez wrote:
> Hi, I'm using freebsd 5.0 Jan 2003 series i386
> 
> Is it safe to use fsck and dump on windows partions?

No.  You should use native Windows tools like chkdsk/scandisk for repair, and 
dump is almost certainly too UFS-specific to work.  You probably could use tar 
instead of dump, however.

-- 
-Chuck



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