Database backup of Oracle Raw Partition on NT with Arcserv?

Our DBA, Ed, has decided to put our database on raw partitions. This is good for almost everything except my backups!

How does one back up a raw partition with Arcserv for Windows NT 4.0?

The oracle documentation says to refer to raw partitions (or unformatted drives) as '\\.\f:' for example. Will this notation work in Arcserv? Do I have to do anything special at all? Is there just an option to do a bit-by-bit backup of a drive? Is there this option using the Arcserv client software?

Sorry this is so "Arcserv" intensive, but I figured if anyone would know the solution to this dilemma, it would be a DBA... they know everything... by design -- plus I couldn't find a newsgroup for arcserv on my news service.

Thanks for your time.
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