On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Robert Noland <rnoland_at_freebsd.org> wrote > This should be fixed in -CURRENT. The issue seems to be that solaris > claims that the GPT header is 512 bytes, where we expected it to always > be 92 bytes. The fixes are slated to merge to 7/8 stable within a few > days, however they won't make it into 8.0. Great news, thanks! > Sigh, yes... you have now trashed you primary gpt table. PLEASE do not > go using dd to write stuff to your disks unless you a) know what your > doing or b) don't care if you trash your disks... > Indeed, I did not really care much about this disk, it's only a backup. I was using it as a dry run to see if I would encounter any issues before moving the 'real' data, and it did this job admirably :) > If is important... I can help you restore the primary header... Thanks, the disk is just fine again. I managed to restore the backup label using the Solaris system (after I RTFM'd on 'format'). JeremyReceived on Tue Nov 17 2009 - 16:48:14 UTC
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