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

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Message-Id: <200707201429.24594.a1426z@gawab.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:29:24 +0300
From:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
To:	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFH] Partition table recovery

Dave Young wrote:
> >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.

Very true! 

# sfdisk -d 

is a real saviour.  But make sure you don't save it on the same disk you are 
trying to recover.


Thanks!

--
Al

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