On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:26:57AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> If [...] you tell amanda to use a version of dump, those programs
> generally work at the device level (even when told to work on a
> mount point) and should be able to backup umounted partitions.

To add a bit more detail, dump does this by understanding the
file-system data structures, just about as intimately as the
kernel file-system code does.  Every file-system type needs its
own specific pair of "dump" and "restore" programs if you want to
back up unmounted partitions.

Which is why using dump instead of gtar does *not* get you this:

> On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 09:14:16PM -0700, gen2 wrote:
> > Seems like this would be the way to back up a partition regardless of 
> > formatting (like an HFS+ or NT part, which is really what I'm after).

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