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Re: ARG! Need to un-partition



on Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 09:47:51PM -0400, D-Man (dsh8290@rit.edu) wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 07:25:14PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> | Anyway, in the process of starting this, I accidentally re-partitioned the
> | wrong drive (hda, instead of hdb).  I haven't reset the computer yet, is
> | there some way to not lose everything?
> 
> If you set the partition table _exactly_ the way it was before, and
> write that it might be fine -- the kernel will look at the partition
> table, it will look to the disk (where the partition table says) and
> find a valid filesystem.
> 
> This is untested, however.

I've done this.  Successfully.

It's actually one of the minor selfish motives for my posting my
partitioning HOWTO online.  I've got a remotely backed-up copy of my
partition tables, should I do anything *really* stupid.

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