misc/86388: periodic(8) daily should backup bsdlabel(8) / fdisk(8) disk labels

[Gleb Smirnoff]

The following reply was made to PR bin/86388; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius at FreeBSD.org>
To: Maxim Konovalov <maxim at macomnet.ru>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/86388: periodic(8) daily should backup bsdlabel(8) / fdisk(8) disk labels
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:53:58 +0400

 On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 06:20:24PM +0400, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
 M> >  I would argue that storing bsdlabel(8), fdisk(8) or other storage
 M> >  configuration information on the storage itself is the best idea.
 M> 
 M> The submitter said:
 M> 
 M> % This is exceptionally useful in the event that you need to recover
 M> % your system from an offsite storage tape backup to another facility
 M> % on new (identical) hardware.
 M> 
 M> Personally I'm always trying to create a copy of fdisk/disklabel and
 M> backup them when install new machine but it is very easy to forget
 M> about that procedure when you add a disk or change its layout.  I
 M> helped to other people to repair their disklabels several times
 M> already and from time to time see this question in FreeBSD maillists.
 M> There are several tools for partitions/slices restore in ports.  Even
 M> one is under src/. Believe me, this information saves a lot of man
 M> hours and nerve and Net|OpenBSD have this functionality for a reason.
 
 I know. I always save it, but outside the storage in question.
 
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