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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

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