Hi Horst :)
* Horst von Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit:
> DervishD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It's a good idea to have a copy of the partition table around, if
> > it is not simple (the one you had is NOT simple).
> Be careful. What you'll get out of backing up the partition table is /only/
> the primary partitions, the others are handled by a weird russian doll of
> partitions-inside-partitions. AFAIR, the details were in the LILO docu.
Note that I didn't suggest to backup or have a copy of the MBR,
but of the partition table, the FULL partition table (that includes
the secondary partitions and the like. Once a disk is fully
partitioned, a couple of 'dd' commands do the trick even for
extended partitions.
It's a mess, anyway :(
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
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