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  From: Gaelyne Gasson <gaelyne@videocam.net.au>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 15:16:44 +1030 (CST)

Re: Floppys (was SCO problems again)

G'day Nick and all,

 On 30 November 1999 Nick Stock wrote:

 > Hi all, (opps, ignore the email lag)
 > 
 > Having only been following the thread with mild interest and purging
 > mail a tad quickly, please disregard anything I mention that is in
 > anyway not pure genius.

I'm much the same - sometimes a little heavy on the delete key as I
plow through mail..... anyway...

 > 
 > > Floppys are a possibility, but damned slow, when you're talking about
 > > 60Mb of data... although, maybe we should check its size after a tar and
snip

 > Floppys! Don't do it man, you will never forgive yourself.
 > In one move you will regress the computer support industry a decade.
 > There has to be a better way...

For that much data, I'd have to agree, but for backing small amounts 
of textural data, using an (ack!) MS-DOS floppy isn't a bad idea.  I just
recently had to back up key files for Thawte Certificates, and since
these are basically text files and take up very little disk space.  By 
saving the data to an MS-DOS formatted floppy, it ensures that I can
access the files using darn near any computer operating system (Linux,
Win9x, Macintosh, Commodore, etc).  About the only problem would be
carriage return/end of line formatting and there are plenty of
utilities around to handle the job. 


Cheers,
Gaelyne


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