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: "Seklecki Brian A." <lavalamp at spiritual-machines.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/86388: periodic(8) daily should backup bsdlabel(8) / fdisk(8) disk labels
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:29:37 +0400

 On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 02:18:51AM +0000, Seklecki at freebsd.org wrote:
 S> >How-To-Repeat:
 S>       Sit around for a few weeks every year and brainstorm DRP (Disaster Recovery Planning) scnearios in a 100% FreeBSD environment.
 
 I would argue that storing bsdlabel(8), fdisk(8) or other storage configuration
 information on the storage itself is the best idea.
 
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