Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 06:35:17 -0400 From: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gpart backup, restore and bootcode Message-ID: <20140528063517.67247c4e5b06c000355acea8@3dresearch.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405270748360.92553@wonkity.com> References: <20140527035956.c55adc6dd0ed34da2ac4f843@3dresearch.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405270748360.92553@wonkity.com>
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On Tue, 27 May 2014 07:51:56 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Tue, 27 May 2014, Janos Dohanics wrote: > > > Hello list members, > > > > Do the commands gpart backup and gpart restore also back up and > > restore the bootcode? The gpart(8) man page says: > > > > "restore Restore the partition table from a backup previously > > created by the backup action and read from standard input. Only the > > par- tition table is restored. This action does not > > affect the con- tent of partitions. After restoring the partition > > table and writing bootcode if needed, user data must be > > restored from backup." > > > > I read this section as "yes" - is this correct? > > To my knowledge, no. The bootcode is separate from the partition > data, and not included with gpart backup. > > > I assume "yes" since my bootcode is embedded having been added > > using "gpart bootcode -b ..." and thus "embed-ded in the > > partitioning scheme's metadata". > > > > Is there a way to show/verify if bootcode is written to the disk? > > Hmm. 'file -s /dev/ada0', although I think there is no way to tell > when that bootcode was updated. Thank you both. -- Janos Dohanics
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