backup msdos partition

[hal]

On Oct 5, 2004, at 3:51 PM, Phil Reynolds wrote:

> Quoting hal <hal at cc.usu.edu>:
>
>> What is the best way to back up an msdos partition (FStype msdos)
>> on my FreeBSD 4.7 system?
>
> Well, FreeBSD is quite happy handling MS-DOS partitions, so there is no
> reason you shouldn't use tar, together with whatever compression you
> like. For example, I have backed up vfat partitions simply by mounting
> them, changing to the root of them and doing tar cvjf
> /odds/system-vfat.tar.bz2 ., /odds being a filesystem with lots of
> space, then worked out a way to get that file onto a CD, or using
> cdbackup, multiple CDs.

That's it.  Worked like a charm.
Thanks to all who responded.

hal