hmm, on Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 12:24:14AM -0800, Ted Unangst said that
> On 11/27/05, Alexander Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I was wondering if this could cause a lot of other errors, like
> > corrupted files and such. I am thinking about if I dare to mount and use
> > msdos filesystems r/w again... But then again, if noone dares to do it,
> > we'll never know if it works as it is supposed to, so maybe it's better
> > to just backup regularly and go for it! :-)
> 
> it shouldn't.  you might get files landing in the wrong directory (i'm
> not really sure this is possible either, but it's probably the worst
> that could happen), but there shouldn't be any real disk corruption.


i had files not showing up on the fat partition right after moving
them over from ffs.  windows chkdsk found them as lost clusters
so apart losing their names, they were ok ;-)

-f
-- 
god gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

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