[plug] Linux 'tips'

[Richard Meyer]

On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 13:36 +0800, Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
> On 4/23/07, Lance Duivenbode <plug at duivenbode.id.au> wrote:
>         Just a few 'tips' from a long-time Linux user who should have
>         known better....
>         
>         #1 - Partition Structure
>         Always know what the partition structure is on the machine you
>         are *currently*
>         working on. Just because your work machine uses /dev/hda for
>         its partitions 
>         and /dev/sda for your thumbdrive, it does not mean that it is
>         the same on all
>         machines. On the rare occasion you are actually at home, it
>         could be that
>         your machine uses /dev/sda for it's partitions and /dev/sdb
>         for your 
>         thumbdrive.
> 
> Indeed. Especially now since libata all drives will (probably) be
> sd<something> instead of hd<something>...
> 
> 
>         #2 - Partition ID's
>         Just because a partition is marked as HPFS/NTFS in the
>         partition table, it
>         does not mean that mke2fs will respect that. Which leads me to
>         tip #3....
> 
> Well to be fair a partition ID doesn't imply anything about the
> filesystem... 
> 
> 
>         #3 - mke2fs
>         mke2fs is extremely quick and unforgiving. Before you can say
>         - wait that's my 
>         Windows partition - it's all over :(
> 
> Would you prefer it to be slower? I'm sure you can chuck a few sleeps
> in the source ;) 
> 
>         #4 - Backups
>         Always keep backups - even of your window's system!
> 
> Indeed, but if you're trashing Windows, you're probably beating it to
> the chase anyway.
> 
> Bad luck anyway ;)
> 
> Tomasz

I'm chuckling, I really am, but I've done things almost as bad before
(feeling of "IDIOT" one gets is unforgettable). Bad luck! :-)

-- 
Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
William Pitt, 1783

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