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Subject: Re: Gmirror + gpart corruption on 9.3-PRE
From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de>
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Hi, all,

Am 25.07.2014 um 15:45 schrieb Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>:
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
>=20
>> Am 25.07.2014 um 07:34 schrieb Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>:
>>> True.  But partitioning can be specific to the drive.  It's not like =
GPT-partitioned drives can be copied with dd (well, not correctly).
>>=20
>> Errrr ... sorry, but ... could you please elaborate on that? Up until =
now I was sure that any drive could be
>> copied with dd(1).
>>=20
>> Puzzled. :-)
>=20
> GPT partitioning puts a primary partition table at the beginning of =
the drive, and a backup partition table at the end of the drive.

Thanks. I knew that. Never assume ... as usual. Of course I was thinking =
"same sized disks", so your comment
really made me wonder if there was anything as pervert as disk serial =
numbers or other UUIDs in the partition
information that would not work when copied blockwise.

Best regards
Patrick
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