on Fri, May 13, 2005 at 02:16:22PM -0600, Glenn English (ghe@slsware.com) wrote: > On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 15:09 -0400, Angelina Carlton wrote: > > > Just for those of us just following along, can I use fdisk to record > > the EXACT information on my currently working systems to a file, and > > be sure that file contained enough information to rebuild the > > partition table if ever needed? Is there a tool/command to do this? > > fdisk has quite a few options so I was courious about some > > preventative measures. > > The tools I use are the p command in fdisk, and a pencil and paper. Then > I stick it on the wall with a thumbtack. I create a script to document system settings, then post that to my Wiki: http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/LinuxSystemInfoScript ...and have even used same to reconstruct a partition table. Once. Bindered hardcopy is also tres helpful. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Marti wrote: News flash: / Matt Pavlovich does not live / in California. - Haiku Pavlovich
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