Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Jun 1997 22:29:17 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Mr. James W. Laferriere Network Engineer" <> | Subject | Re: *Help!* Where is device partition info stored by the kernel? |
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Try : dumpe2fs /dev/xxxx >& thediskinfo
Hth JimL
On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Dave Cinege wrote: > I was playing in fdisk, and like an idiot deleted an extended partition. > > This is a brand new set-up that I just finished, and I didn't save a map of > the partitioning yet, so I need o layout to build rebuild. > > Where does the kernel keep the partition info? I looked all in /proc and > couldn't find it. > > The system HAS NOT been rebooted. I can still mount all of my partitions, > but the second it goes down everything will vanish. The kernel still knows > the old (correct) layout, or else it would not be mounting things. Where is > it hidden? > > Note, I had a copy of my MBR, and thats fine. It's just the logical > partitions that reside in the extened that I need to rebuild... > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Elite MicroComputers 908-541-4214 http://www.psychosis.com/emc/
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