Need to save partition table
 

Hi,

I want to save partition tabale to a file and i do not want to use sfdisk command. Can i do it with fdisk or parted command?
Or is there any other way of storing partition table to a file?

Do you need it for documentation purpose or just for the case ;)

Use dd for backup

Dirk

Need to save partition table
 

I do not need it for documentation purpose and not just for a cause.

I have made a script regarding restore and backup. My script backs up partition images and restores to a new hdd. After writing to a cd it will become a bootable cd, for which I do not want to use sfdisk and only want to use fdisk and parted commands.


Please help me.

Sounds like homework.
Bad strategy regardless.

dd if=/dev/hda of=<filename> bs=512 count=1

The partition table is in the last 66 bytes of the MBR.

The galloping nitpicker strikes......;)

You might need /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda

The partition table is 64 bytes--the last 2 bytes is a "signature"

Do you have more than 4 partitions? If so, you need the partition boot sectors as well. You can have you script detect if there is an extended partition (by using fdisk or by parsing the primary partition table directly)

Reply to syg00
 

Reply for syg00 from vedang,

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