# HG changeset patch
# User Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>
# Date 1291984469 -7200
# Node ID 052ba865b3dcb56f98cf4a09726a26f137cc7b31
# Parent  8423422f0a57d2eb23059aa5d802777ac901540f
Backup/restore mbr/partition table.

diff -r 8423422f0a57 -r 052ba865b3dc partition.rst
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/partition.rst	Fri Dec 10 14:34:29 2010 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-*- mode: outline; coding: utf-8; fill-column: 80 -*-
+
+* 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
+