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- From: jmsimon@acsu.buffalo.edu (JMS)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: How safe is Mtools?
- Keywords: mtools, safety, assured?
- Message-ID: <BszAvM.4Iw@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 14:57:22 GMT
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- rwb@Turing.ORG (Robert W. Bingler) writes:
- >Hey,
- > Can anyone tell me just how safe it is to use mtools on my 130 meg
- >dos partition? I don't want to have to go the expensense of messing it
- >up. I have been hesitant in the past, so I just use a floppy. It would
- >make things much easier if there is no real chance of damage being done.
-
- Well, I think the official response is "there may be trouble - use at your
- own risk..." I have been using it for quite some time with no trouble.
- Make **absolutely** sure that your entry for the C: drive in /etc/mtools
- has the right FAT specified (if you specify the wrong one, you will -trash-
- things on your C: drive if you attempt a write (reads are still ok, tho)
-
- Look in the docs directories for an mtools FAQ (if you have FTP sites - if
- not I will dig it out and send it to you..let me know) for more specific
- information.
-
- If you want to be extra-careful, you could backup your drive and
- repartition into 2 dos drives - one that you use for mtools, and one that
- you don't. If you make one backup of everything (which was recommended
- before installing Linux) and then keep good backups of changing data on
- floppy, you shouldn't have too much to worry about.
-
- >Thanks,
- >Rob
-
- No prob. JMS
-
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