> Whats the easiest way to make a complete duplicate of a bootable CF 
> card?  I have a net4501 and want to make a 2nd CF card exactly like the

> first.  I have one of those USB CF reader/writers which I can use.
> 
> Should I create a file system (on the desktop machine via the USB 
> adapter), newfs it, run installboot, and then use dump/restore?

If you want an exact copy to the same type of card (size) use dd to make
an image on disk and dd this image to the 2nd card eg:

dd if=/dev/sd1d of=image
dd if=image of=/dev/sd1d