On Nov 18, 2010, at 2:53 AM, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote: > Hi, Marcel and All. > > I'm thinking about such feature like ability to dump partition > table into file from which it can be recovered in the future. > Also it can be used to copy partition table to another device. > > At the moment i think that just print out a list of commands that > should be done to create the same table it is the easiest way. > For example: >> gpart show ada1 > => 34 320172989 ada1 GPT (153G) > 34 512 1 freebsd-boot (256K) > 546 8388608 2 freebsd-swap (4.0G) > 8389154 311783869 3 freebsd-zfs (149G) > >> gpart dump -f x ada1 > geom part create -s gpt -f x ada1 > geom part add -b 34 -s 512 -i 1 -t freebsd-boot -f x ada1 > geom part add -b 546 -s 8388608 -i 2 -t freebsd-swap -f x ada1 > geom part add -b 8389154 -s 311783869 -i 3 -t freebsd-zfs -f x ada1 > > Any comments and ideas are welcome.
I think you're on the right track. A binary dump is definitely not useful. Dumping in a replayable form definitely has its advantages. I have no strong opinions yet as to the exact form and/or shape (i.e. script vs. XML). -- Marcel Moolenaar [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-geom To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
