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- From: Jeff-Randall@uiuc.edu (Jeff Randall)
- Subject: Re: How stable is extended filesystem?
- Message-ID: <BzDGtv.LMo@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- X-Aka: Upholder
- Sender: randall@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jeff Randall)
- Reply-To: Jeff-Randall@uiuc.edu (Jeff Randall)
- Organization: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
- References: <724522852.AA26653@remote.halcyon.com> <1992Dec16.195152.23263@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:53:39 GMT
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- wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
- >Steve.Harrington@f34.n343.z1.fidonet.org (Steve Harrington) writes:
- >>Actually the efs author has also mentioned that he will release
- >>a program to convert to the new file system. A backup and restore
- >>won't be necessary.
-
- >A backup is still very, very, very advisable. Backing up before doing
- >anything dramatic is always a good idea. (What if the conversion
- >program has a subtle bug that only manifests itself on your machine?)
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- I'd look at it as a chance to get rid of all my old binaries that use
- old libraries and system calls.. =)
-
- --
- Jeff-Randall@uiuc.edu (ASCII mail) THIS IS _NOT_ CCSO'S OPINION!!!
- jar42733@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu (NeXT mail) If It were, It would've had a
- wi.6580@n7kbt.rain.com (anon) more important name on it. =)
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