Tag: sfdisk

  • sfdisk

    sfdisk is a program to copy partition information. This is for disks with MBR partition. Use sgdisk if you have GPT partition table.

    To save partition info, run

    sfdisk -d /dev/sda > part_table
    

    To restore

    sfdisk /dev/sda < part_table
    

    Copy Partition to Another Disk

    This is useful when you setting up raid or when you want to replace a disk in raid.

    sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb
    

    Once copied, you may need to run

    sfdisk -R /dev/sdb
    

    So Linux kernal will read the new partition.

    See hdd