Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] tar a brand new Gentoo install to a USB drive for safe keeping?
Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 12:29:54
Message-Id: 20080504132938.75d401f7@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] tar a brand new Gentoo install to a USB drive for safe keeping? by Jil Larner
1 On Sun, 04 May 2008 12:21:47 +0200, Jil Larner wrote:
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3 > You also ought to backup the full MBR, which is a good practice, so you
4 > can bring back your boot sector and the partition table. Backing it up
5 > if very painless, just a dd command, cf. http://gentoo-wiki.com/MBR .
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7 The MBR contains only the primary partitions. If you have an extended
8 partition, you will need to use sfdisk to make a separate backup of the
9 logical partition table.
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13 Neil Bothwick
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15 Crayons can take you more places than starships. * Guinan

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