I dumped a disk image of my root partition like this:
dd if=/dev/da0s1a | gzip -9 -c > where.ever.gz
Does this include the boot sector? In other words, if I need to restore this disk image I can do the reverse and the boot sector and root partition will be back to that state. How should I go about this, if what I'm saying is valid? Can I do this in single user mode or should I boot from CD and go from there? I haven't needed to do this yet, but I want to know how. If dumping the root partition like this is not a good means of backing up, please say so. What would you recommend? I tar most everything else.
Thanks for the help. Alex
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Alexander Sendzimir 802 863 5502 Mac Tutor of Vermont, LLC info @ mactutor . vt . us Colchester, VT 05446
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