Hello Jasen!

19 Sep 04 12:35, you wrote to me:


 JB> cp is fromm GNU(?) fileutils 4.1  the OS version was linux 2.4.20
 JB> if mv was used instead of cp I think it would have the effect you
 JB> describe.

As i said, maybe it was changed later on...

 VP>> PS: 2 other funny things i've done once: rm /mnt with my win98
 VP>> partition still mounted there,
 JB> here  "rm /mnt"  complains "/mnt is a directory"

I meant rm -rf /mnt actually...

 VP>>  and mkswap-ing a partition that contained data.
 JB> ah, that one could be a problem. but should be atleast partially
 JB> recoverable depending on the format and the tools available.

Quite lethal for FAT, as it overwrites the first sectors of a partition
erasing the boot record, FAT (both copies) and the root directory. You can
still recover some files out of it but it's a big pain in the a$$. For the
more advanced filesystems (NTFS,HPFS,ext2/3,reiser,etc.) it probably won't
cause too much trouble.

Best Regards, Viktor (aka BlackDew)

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