In response to: > Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 16:22:22 -0800 (PST) > Subject: EuG-LUG Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 ... > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:26:20 -0800 (PST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Parker) > Subject: Re: [eug-lug]dd / partition table / and restore on different > device // > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Horst wrote, > >Q1: is the stuff after the MBR and below 7E00 hex the partition table ? > > The partition table is in that area, near the beginning. > > You should find the partition table starting at 0x1C0 and ending at 0x1FF > from the beginning of the drive. There are four entries, each 16 (decimal) > bytes long. ...
Neil, thanks for expanding on this -- I am amazed to hear that the crucial info about how my hdb is divided into 13 partitions (ext2, ext3, FAT16, FAT32) --fits in just those 64 bytes ... (that must have been designed before bloatware, when 32kb of RAM were enough to go to the moon :-) > ... > >Q2: if I'd just have a dd dump of some partition hdXN (like hdb1) > >how useful would this be if I try to restore it to another device? > > (assuming that one has enough space) > > I only recommend this if you restore to a partition that's the same size > as the original parition. > > If you restore to a partition that's too small, the danger is obvious. > > If you restore to a partition that's too large, the restored partition may > mount OK, but you'd only be able to access the restored size...the rest of > the space would be unavailable. That would be OK if there are no other risks? -- as I recall, depending on partition tool and geometry, one doesn't always get the desired size so a small dead area at the end is no biggie if there is no other potential harm? - Horst _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
