partition.rst
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 Storage partitioning
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MBR
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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
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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

List partitions.
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Active / maunted partitions::

  $ mount