Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:37:13 +0000 (UTC) From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r292058 - head/sbin/geom/class/part Message-ID: <201512101037.tBAAbDMq065138@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: ae Date: Thu Dec 10 10:37:12 2015 New Revision: 292058 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/292058 Log: Remove a note about damaged PMBR. Now GPT will be detected automatically with such corruption. MFC after: 1 month Modified: head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 Modified: head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 Thu Dec 10 10:35:07 2015 (r292057) +++ head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 Thu Dec 10 10:37:12 2015 (r292058) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 14, 2015 +.Dd December 10, 2015 .Dt GPART 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1107,15 +1107,6 @@ and .Cm recover are the only operations allowed on corrupt tables. .Pp -If the first sector of a provider is corrupt, the kernel can not detect GPT -even if the partition table itself is not corrupt. -The protective MBR can be rewritten using the -.Xr dd 1 -command, to restore the ability to detect the GPT. -The copy of the protective MBR is usually located in the -.Pa /boot/pmbr -file. -.Pp If one GPT header appears to be corrupt but the other copy remains intact, the kernel will log the following: .Bd -literal -offset indent @@ -1330,7 +1321,6 @@ and /sbin/gpart backup ada0 | /sbin/gpart restore -F ada1 ada2 .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr dd 1 , .Xr geom 4 , .Xr boot0cfg 8 , .Xr geom 8 ,
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