From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 5 19:50:01 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9883929E for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:50:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A6CB114C for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:50:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s15Jo1TE088343 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:50:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s15Jo1Os088328; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:50:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:50:01 GMT Message-Id: <201402051950.s15Jo1Os088328@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Chris Whitehouse Subject: Re: bin/169542: gpart(8): partition alignment doesn't works on MBR X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: Chris Whitehouse List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 19:50:01 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/169542; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Chris Whitehouse To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, vsjcfm@gmail.com Cc: Subject: Re: bin/169542: gpart(8): partition alignment doesn't works on MBR Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 19:44:16 +0000 I think this also affects gpart backup and restore of mbr partitions. Using gpart backup redirected to a file, then gpart restore from the same file results in a different layout. See http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2014-February/256009.html Chris