08-19-2011
I think ufsdump doesn't backup partition table? so it might be a good idea to backup those few first sectors with dd. or simply write down label and slices info.
btw, we should *always* increase blocksize when using dd.
iirc, the default is 1byte so its slooow.
of course keeping in mind blocksize when using count!
(sorry if this all is too obvious)
edit: one advantage of dd would be that you can do the restore on any computer/OS with scsi card. even Windows has dd port.
Last edited by orange47; 08-19-2011 at 06:22 AM..
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