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Date:      Sun, 2 Nov 2014 21:25:37 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        John <freebsd-lists@potato.growveg.org>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gptboot: invalid backup GPT header
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411022120180.22743@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20141103014341.GA91255@potato.growveg.org>
References:  <20141101224426.GA69717@potato.growveg.org> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411020653130.97570@wonkity.com> <20141103014341.GA91255@potato.growveg.org>

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On Mon, 3 Nov 2014, John wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 07:15:59AM -0700, Warren Block wrote:
>> Clearing the last blocks will remove the warning, at least if the
>> assumption is correct.  ZFS is not supposed to be using the last
>> portion of the disk(*) to make replacing disks of slightly different
>> sizes easier.  Still, I would back up either the whole array, the
>> whole disk, or at least the last 33 blocks of mfid1 first.
>
> Thanks for replying. So, in short - is my data on the array in any
> danger, or is this just a cosmetic issue?

If the guess is correct, it's just cosmetic.  Unless someone panics at 
the warning and tries to repair it.



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