--- Horst von Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Guys, thanks a lot for the explanations! Actually, it seems like one can backup information on ALL partitions by using the command "sfdisk -dx /dev/hdX". Supposedly, it reads not only primary but also extended partitions. "sfdisk -x /dev/hdX" should be then able to write whatever is known back to the disk. Konstantin > DervishD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > > It's a good idea to have a copy of the partition table around, > if > > it is not simple (the one you had is NOT simple). > > Be careful. What you'll get out of backing up the partition table is > /only/ > the primary partitions, the others are handled by a weird russian > doll of > partitions-inside-partitions. AFAIR, the details were in the LILO > docu. > -- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
