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 ;-)