linux-kernel - Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:20:12 +0000
From:	"Dave Young" <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
To:	"Al Boldi" <a1426z@...ab.com>
Cc:	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

>On 7/20/07, Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com> wrote:
> As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by
> cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda.  I was able to push him out of the way, but
/dev/null ?
> at least the first 100MB are gone.  I can probably live without the first
> partion, but there are many partitions after that, which I hope should
> easily be recoverable.
>
> I tried parted, but it's not working out for me.  Does anybody know of a
> simple partition recovery tool, that would just scan the disk for lost
> partions?
>
The best way is to backup you partition table before destroyed.
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