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Subject:    Re: [DISKLABEL FRAGGED] Clues requested... ;)
From:       Josef Karthauser <joe () pavilion ! net>
Date:       1999-06-30 14:29:16
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On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 01:48:45PM +0000, Niall Smart wrote:
> Josef Karthauser wrote:
> > 
> > Guess what... I've got a disk where the partition table and the disklabel has
> > mysteriously disappeared!   Oops.
> > 
> > I've reconstructed the partition table, and now need to partition the disklabel.
> 
> Wow, you're probably the first person ever to do that, unlucky you.  Out
> of sympathy I've written you this findsb program which of course I've
> never had to use myself. Its not the most efficiently written program
> ever
> and since FreeBSD swap partitions don't have magic numbers it may be
> slow,
> but it seems to work, however I draw your attention to the disclaimer
> in the C file. ;)
> 

BTW with a little tweaking this worked fine.  Thanks very much.
Joe
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Pavilion Internet plc.  [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk]


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