27 Apr
2011
27 Apr
'11
5:37 p.m.
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote:
Robert Nichols wrote:
On 04/27/2011 07:26 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Thanks very much for that; /proc/partitions does indeed seem to contain correct information, so all will not be lost if there is a power outage tomorrow:
It most certainly _will_ be lost. The "files" you see in /proc are just windows into various kernel data structures. The /proc file system does not exist anywhere on disk.
Make a paper copy of those numbers, and don't lose it. You will need to
by posting the numbers to this list, the OP has effectively made the safest possible backup ;-)
He's, ummm, cloud sourced it? <g>
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