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From: Michaelian Ennis <michaelian.ennis@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] OT: how do 9fans backup their Mac(book)?
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On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:59 PM, erik quanstrom
<quanstro@labs.coraid.com> wrote:

> backup:
> 1. =A0power down mac. =A0remove hard drive.
> 2. =A0stuff drive as one gigantic file into venti.
>
> restore:
> 1. =A0copy your backup onto drive
> 2. =A0install hard drive. =A0power up mac.

If there were/is block device firewire support in plan 9 one could
boot the mac in target mode and copy it over that way.