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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