2017-07-09 14:13:20 +00:00
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# sgdisk
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# Command-line GUID partition table (GPT) manipulator for Linux and Unix
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2017-05-08 20:27:00 +00:00
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# convert an MBR partition table to GPT, use sgdisk
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sgdisk -g /dev/sda
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# convert GPT to MBR use the m option.
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# it is not possible to convert more than four partitions from GPT to MBR
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sgdisk -m /dev/sda
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# Sort GPT partitions
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# when a new partition is created in the space between two partitions or a partition is deleted
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sgdisk -s /dev/sda
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# Using sgdisk you can create a binary backup consisting of the protective MBR,
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# the main GPT header, the backup GPT header, and one copy of the partition table
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sgdisk -b=sgdisk-sda.bak
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# Restore GPT/MBR backup:
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sgdisk -l=sgdisk-sda.bak
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# Clone your current device's partition layout '/dev/sda' to another drive '/dev/sdc'
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sgdisk -R=/dev/sdc /dev/sda
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2020-02-22 03:38:15 +00:00
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# If both drives will be in the same computer, you need to randomize the GUIDs after cloning
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2017-05-08 20:27:00 +00:00
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sgdisk -G /dev/sdc
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