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Date:      Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:37:42 +0000
From:      Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
To:        Xin Li <d@delphij.net>
Cc:        "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Michael Gusek <michael.gusek@web.de>
Subject:   Re: Problem with ZFS version 15
Message-ID:  <20100720003742.GA95384@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <4C44D0BA.5080705@delphij.net>
References:  <242312022.4636340.1279374040721.JavaMail.fmail@mwmweb017> <4C44C19C.4080302@delphij.net> <AANLkTilZGPtZ40yIsyPX68ZdODr1Cqk1Vgson731WEB5@mail.gmail.com> <4C44D0BA.5080705@delphij.net>

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how about adding a periodic script to /etc/periodic/daily to backup the information?

the idea was raised a long time ago already, but was abandoned [1].

cheers.
alex

[1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/86388

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 03:24:58PM -0700, Xin LI wrote:
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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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