Bug 418911
Summary: | FutureFeature: Request to add util-linux-ng, esp. sfdisk, to rescue DVD | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Damian Berger <dberger> |
Component: | anaconda-images | Assignee: | Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list> |
Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | low | ||
Version: | 9 | CC: | gczarcinski, kzak |
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Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2008-08-06 19:12:58 UTC | Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Damian Berger
2007-12-10 21:46:25 UTC
What does sfdisk provide that parted does not? To my knowledge, parted can't dump a partition table in a format that can be directly used to write a new partition table. With sfdisk I can dump the partition table to a backup, and then use that file during bare metal recovery to re-create the partitions on an identical disk: Dump partition table in sfdisk-readable format: # sfdisk -d /dev/sda > /mnt/backup/sda_partition_table.txt Restore partition table: # sfdisk /dev/sda < /mnt/backup/sda_partition_table.txt sfdisk is not in the f9 version of RescueCD either. As stated in comment #2, sfdisk provides the easy functionality of saving and restoring a partition table. |