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  From: <michaeld@senet.com.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:29:44 GMT

Don't ever confuse 6 with 7

I have a sad story.  One that could have been avoided if I had remembered to
backup.

I decided to install a different flavour of Linux.  I fdisk'd.  But I deleted
/home (hda7) instead of / (hda6).  I now have two /'s and no data.

It's only a couple of weeks source that's gone missing, 6 months of address book
updates, unbacked up ssh keys, several web pages I was working on, digital
photos that hadn't been backed up, Ximian GNOME/other-big-downloads and
obviously many local customisations.  

But it's the source/ssh keys/photos I most care about.

I'm stupid.  I suck.  I shouldn't do system config changes when I'm stuffed.

Just remember, backup.  It's no good having a big spare disk sitting there
waiting to take data, you must actually use it.  I was planning to, I had
prepared, but I fogot to actually DO it.

I'm now retrieving what I can from other machines and the web.

Sigh.

michael...
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