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     3 * Backup mbr.

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     5   $ dd if=/dev/hda of=boot.mbr bs=512 count=1

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     7 * Restore backuped mbr:

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     9   $ sudo of=boot.mbr if=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1

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    11 * Backup PC partition table.

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    13   $ sfdisk -d /dev/sda >partition.tbl

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    15 * Restore PC partition table.

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    17   $ sfdisk /dev/sdb <partition.tbl

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    19 * Move PC partition table from on dist to another.

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    21   $ sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb

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