difference between mount point and physical drive?

[Stefan Jeglinski]

>Its pretty straightforward actually.

OK, understood.


>Depending upon how you have
>been backing up you may have been backing up both
>"/home" directories if you backed up the raw devices
>but if you backed up at the file level (after mounts)
>you have only been backing up the "new" '/home',

Out of more than just curiosity, how would I back up the "raw 
devices" without mounting them?


Stefan Jeglinski