sfdisk could not be found on mac os and backup the partition table.

[mparchet@…]

Hello,

There is no cd on mac os. So If a virus distort the disk MBR, all data is loss and it's not possible to restore the computer and I can't start my system on linux. (I don't know if my ssd disk work on linux).

So I would like to find how to backup the partition table for mac os.

I have fond the sfdisk utility to backup the partition table but it work only on linux.

Is it possible to make a sfdisk version for mac (sfdisk port) ?

Best regards

mparchet

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

If "sfdisk ... work only on linux" as you say, then we cannot add it to MacPorts.

Have you looked into ​gpt which is included with OS X?

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

If you’re concerned about data loss, you should be looking into actual backup solutions (a la Time Machine). Saving your partition table will not save your data.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

It appears that the sfdisk program is part of the util-linux package. A port for util-linux was submitted in #37382 and I've just committed it, but it does not install the sfdisk program. The description of that port says "This port contains ONLY those parts of util-linux that run on Darwin." If you believe that sfdisk can be built on Darwin, then please file an enhancement request for the util-linux port.