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Hello Roy - 

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CA>> That experience has made me 'edgey' when accessing my
CA>> working W2K hard drive setup from _any_ version of Linux.
CA>> :-) 

RJT> That sort of hassle can be avoided by using mtools. I only
RJT> deal with floppies in msdos format, the ext2 (and similar)
RJT> formats aren't that efficient for floppies anyhow. 

I have been told that Linux users were using MINIX formatted
floppies because that format is more efficient. 

CA>> I have a 233mhz machine not being used at present that I
CA>> want to use for Linux _only_ and avoid the threat that
CA>> anything might scramble the hard drive on me. :-) 

RJT> There ya go. How much ram does it have? 

Right now, none. I've some extra memory laying around I can
install. Should be around 128 meg or so. 

RJT> That will be the most significant factor in determining
RJT> performance, I think. 

Probably would be, yes. 

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