partition.rst
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+-*- mode: outline; coding: utf-8; fill-column: 80 -*-
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+* Backup mbr.
+
+  $ dd if=/dev/hda of=boot.mbr bs=512 count=1
+
+* Restore backuped mbr:
+
+  $ sudo of=boot.mbr if=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
+
+* Backup PC partition table.
+
+  $ sfdisk -d /dev/sda >partition.tbl
+
+* Restore PC partition table.
+
+  $ sfdisk /dev/sdb <partition.tbl
+
+* Move PC partition table from on dist to another.
+
+  $ sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb
+