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Re: reliability of fips? [was Re: Linux/Win95]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kyle Ferrio)
Sun Nov 17 23:54:32 1996
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 23:48:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Kyle Ferrio <kbf@babylon5.ea.org>
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On Sun, 17 Nov 1996, drink wrote:
> How reliable is fips? I use Linux on a seperate HD, but a friend of
> mine would like to install to his current Win95 drive without backing
> up, repartitioning, etc, etc. Does anyone have any praise for fips, or
> more importantly any horror stories? Any real reason to go out and buy
> partition magic if you've got fips? I've never used either. Thanks.
> Craig
FIPS is highly reliable and includes doubly (triply?) redundant safety
checks, has a try-before-you-burn mode, and an (essential) option to write
the old boot sector off to floppy as a precaution. The only accidents
that I personally know of were the result of either a users that didn't
read the (excellent) docs, or a power failure at the exact instant of
writing the new partition table.
I haven't used Partition Magic, but your friend might want to look at it
if he's more comfortable with the creature comforts of commercial
software; it has a good rep.
But no matter what, -always- backup before doing anything potentially
irrevocable. I'm told that re-installing Win95 can be very un-fun. Of
course, it's extremely unlikely that your friend would want to, after
experiencing Linux. :)
Kyel Ferrio
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