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Date:      Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:01:16 +0300
From:      "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com>
To:        "Mike Price" <bipolor@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD command to make image of the active partition and a command to restore it?
Message-ID:  <991123400810010301xc64e027wf4741c7709cd8267@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <a15f9fba0810010041x61cf6a8oa94c180660f5e332@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <a15f9fba0810010041x61cf6a8oa94c180660f5e332@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Mike Price <bipolor@gmail.com> wrote:
> FreeBSD command to make image of the active partition and a command to
> restore it?

At what point in time? :-)
I always make a backup of a partition to another disk like this:
For exampe, if it is the root partition ... (/)

dump -L0af - / | (cd /where/the/other/partition/is/mounted; restore -rf -)

PS: Next time don't ask your questions like quizes. Explain the
problem and we'll tell you the possible solutions.


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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
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