On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 20:17:21 +1200 cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Conclusions: > > 1. Back up the MBR and everything else, first! > 2. Be very, very careful when using 'map' to swap drives around > 3. It's probably safest to let DOS/Windows occupy Drive 1, where in its > blinkered arrogance it thinks it belongs. Linux can sit somewhere else. > I'm glad you were able to unscrew your system, but methinks you got lucky.
Having a backup of the MBR is nice but not necessary, and it probably isn't sufficient most of the time. What you really need is to be able to re-create all the partition tables, and if you use an extended partition not all that information will be in the MBR. To get a complete listing of partitions on all drives on your system do: fdisk -ul > partitions.030926 which saves the output in a text file. Save that text file somewhere other than on the system you may need to restore (such as a floppy or USB memory device). Should you need to recreate your partition table you can do so using fdisk (not cfdisk and certainly not parted). Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
