On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:08:43 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, RW wrote: > > > On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:22:31 +0200 > > Polytropon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> doing 1:1 copies with dd is always possible and will > >> keep content identically; remember to copy the MBR separately > >> with bs=512 and count=1 from the /dev/ad{source} device. > > > > Why? > > Because it contains the partition table. Right, but why separately, rather than with the rest of the disk? _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
