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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: help removing a file
Summary: Disk packs?
Message-ID: <1217@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 11 Sep 90 09:30:51 GMT
References: <1990Sep5.180847.21767@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> <30790003@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
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In article <30790003@hpisod2.HP.COM> decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot) writes:
>First of all, for the future, BUY SOME MORE DISK PACKS SO YOU DON'T
>HAVE TO REFORMAT YOUR IMPORTANT DATA BEFORE YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN MOVED
>CORRECTLY.

That does not sound like very useful advise to me.

I interpret it as "If you are using disk drive with removable media, you
should always put the old disk pack on the shelf and format a new pack when
you have problems".  Ever since we got rid of the RP06, none of our Unix
systems have removable disks.  Keeping a spare 1.2 gigabyte drive on each
and every host is not feasible.
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