Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:57:21 +0100 From: Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall label.c Message-ID: <20020114175721.A22162@matrix.42.org> In-Reply-To: <20020107.011750.21514069.imp@village.org>; from imp@village.org on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:17:50AM -0700 References: <200201070751.g077pOs51981@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020107.011750.21514069.imp@village.org>
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On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:17:50AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <200201070751.g077pOs51981@freefall.freebsd.org> > Matt Dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org> writes: > : Add 'R'ecover option that deletes a partition and attempts > : to recover its space into the previous partition. Revert 'D'elete > : to not attempt to recover any space. > > I had hoped when I read the first part of this that the 'R' command > would recover a corrupted disk lable from magic numbers at the start > of partitions... :-) I accidentally destroyed my disklabel a month ago, and wrote a small program to dig for the correct numbers. I have put it and a small description on a Website here: http://www.42.org/~sec/resources/disklabel.html CU, Sec -- For the other problem, the one involving fumbling fingers driven by fading grey cells, I recommend deep hypnosis and a cold shower. -- Wietse To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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