Copying /dev/* to another partition

[karish at mindcrf.UUCP]

In article <3412 at auspex.auspex.com> guy at auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
>>Use cpio or tar for this purpose. That's the way to do it.
>
>Well, "cpio", anyway; SunOS "tar" doesn't know about character or block
>special files, which are what he's trying to copy.

I've used "dump" and "restore" for this purpose.  It's a reliable way
to get a quite exact clone of the existing root partition.  Pipe
"dump | restore", or use a tape to make a backup at the same time.
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