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Date:      Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:24:58 -0700
From:      Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>
To:        "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net, Michael Gusek <michael.gusek@web.de>
Subject:   Re: Problem with ZFS version 15
Message-ID:  <4C44D0BA.5080705@delphij.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilZGPtZ40yIsyPX68ZdODr1Cqk1Vgson731WEB5@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2010/07/19 14:37, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
>> If you have previous saved gpart information (e.g. start/end) then you
>> can safely destroy and re-create the GPT partitions without destroying
>> the data.
>>
>> Note that you may need to backup and dd the first and last sector of
>> your hard drive before proceeding.
>>
> 
> Could someone post a example of how to correctly backup a gpart
> partition information

For now it would be to backup the first 34 and last 33 sectors of a
given disk.  Another way would be to copy what gpart show says and
restore it manually.

Cheers,
- -- 
Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!	       Live free or die
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