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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Taming The Data Destroyer |
| Date | 2025-11-18 17:53 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <vskuulxffm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
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On 2025-11-18 13:12, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 18/11/2025 08:17, c186282 wrote: >> On 11/18/25 02:46, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>> On 2025-11-18 08:34, c186282 wrote: >>>> On 11/18/25 02:18, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >>>>> On 18 Nov 2025 16:31:19 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> No fdisk won't do damage instantly when you just run one command from >>>>>> the command line, modifying partitions is done in its interactive >>>>>> mode. >>>>>> You can't stuff things up just by attempting an "fdisk -l". >>>>> >>>>> I think it was parted I found that made its changes to the disk >>>>> instantly, >>>>> without requiring an explicit save. >>>>> >>>>> I discovered that the hard way. Avoided it after that. >>>>> >>>>> sfdisk was a handy one for saving/restoring the entire partition >>>>> table in >>>>> a single command -- particularly in the days before fdisk acquired GPT >>>>> support. >>>> >>>> Umm ... rec ... if possible use 'gparted' instead. >>>> Takes care of the little stuff. >>> >>> That's the tool I use. >>> >>> But we also need, for backups, something that can save and >>> reconstruct the partition table, even GPT. >> >> Not 101% sure gparted can do that perfectly. It CAN >> copy an entire partition somewhere, but never tried >> to have it re-create an entire (gpt or not) partition >> from scratch, there may be 'issues' there. Normally >> had to make a big enough unformatted space and then >> copy the data into it. Then run the needed grub stuff >> to find and index it all so it can boot. >> > > dd will dump the entire raw disk structure including partitions and all > data. Certainly. But I image each partition separately, and not all, some I do rsync the files. > > Just feed it to a .iso file to remind you it's an image But it is not an iso image. I name them .image or .img -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-17 02:31 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-17 04:18 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-11-17 10:42 +0100
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-18 01:10 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-17 21:08 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-17 12:51 +0100
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2025-11-17 12:55 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-11-18 07:06 +1000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-17 19:00 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-11-18 16:31 +1000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-18 07:46 +0100
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-18 02:12 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-18 23:02 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-18 02:01 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2025-11-18 16:24 +0100
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-18 15:30 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-18 22:31 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-18 17:49 +0100
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-19 18:32 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-20 12:57 +0100
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-20 22:53 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-20 22:04 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-20 22:17 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-18 07:18 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-18 02:34 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-18 08:46 +0100
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-18 08:09 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-18 17:55 +0100
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-18 19:35 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-11-19 06:48 +1000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-18 21:40 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-18 22:27 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-18 22:26 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-19 18:23 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-19 02:41 +0100
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-18 03:17 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-18 12:12 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-18 17:53 +0100
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-18 19:32 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-11-18 14:46 +0200
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-11-20 18:40 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-18 00:58 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-17 21:04 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-18 06:32 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-18 02:07 -0500
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