[Tfug] Re: backup partition table

[Mike Morrell]

Whew thanks Zach, I forgot "count=1".  I guess I would have realized it 
when my floppy ran out of space.


Zach Nation wrote:
> "To backup the partition table ahead of time I can use 'dd bs=512 
> if=/dev/hda of=/dev/fd0/parttbl.bin' right?"
> 
> Not sure, but I think you want to put "count=1" on there (so you only 
> copy the first 512 bytes). How big is the partition table again? The way 
> you have it now, you're copying the entire drive (with block size 512 
> bytes) to the floppy... so you need a "count=" plus the amount that will 
> copy the partition table and nothing else.
> 
> Hope that helps...
> 
> -- Zach Nation
>