Re: [gentoo-user] backup & restore solution?

[Bastian Balthazar Bux <BastianBalthazarBux@pnpitalia.it>]

Richard Fish wrote:
> Bastian Balthazar Bux wrote:
> 
>>
>>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>> /dev/hda1   *          63      979964      489951   83  Linux
>> #Command (m for help): q
>>
>> ##dd if=/dev/hda of=MBR-boot.backup bs=512 count=489951
>>  
>>
> 
> You missed a few! :-)
> 
> The actual number of 512-byte blocks is 979964 - 63 + 1 = 979902.
> 
> Fdisk always reports 1k blocks in the "Blocks" column.  Or if an odd
> number of 512-byte blocks, the number of 1k blocks with a '+' afterwards.
> 
> Plus, you want the mbr as well, plus whatever is between blocks 0 and
> 63, so better option might be:

yay, crossing eyes: s/so better option might be/the right option is/

> 
> dd if=/dev/hda of=parttbl+mbr+boot.backup bs=512 count=979965
> 
> 
> -Richard
> 
Otherwise you can simply read the value under "End" (+1) instead of the
one under "Blocks" ;)

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