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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:13:13 +0200
From: DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net>
To: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
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Subject: Re: fdisk: What do plus signs after "Blocks" mean?
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    Hi Horst :)

 * Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> dixit:
> DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net> 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.

    Note that I didn't suggest to backup or have a copy of the MBR,
but of the partition table, the FULL partition table (that includes
the secondary partitions and the like. Once a disk is fully
partitioned, a couple of 'dd' commands do the trick even for
extended partitions.

    It's a mess, anyway :( 

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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