On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 11:44:03AM +0100, Craig Skinner wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> If you are like me and reslice, add & remove disks now and then, you may
> find this useful:
>
> $ cat /etc/monthly.local
> #!/bin/sh -
>
> echo "Saving disklabels."
> store="/etc/disklabels"
>
> for disk in $(awk '/^(s|w)d[[:digit:]] / {print $1}' /var/run/dmesg.boot)
> do
>
> disklabel ${disk} > ${store}/${disk}.label 2>&1
> disklabel -t ${disk} > ${store}/${disk}.tab 2>&1
> done
>
> echo "Done."
>
you can also find current and previous disklabels for your devices
in /var/backups (which security(8) produces), which may be enough.
i'm slightly curious about /etc/disklabels though...i'd always imagined
something would actually use it. but it looks like nothing does.
jmc
