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Re: Moving a linux to a different hard disk



Amos Shapira writes:

 > I agree with you about this one - if he just have to copy the data
 > from one Linux partition to another then he can use "cp -a".
 > 
 > |> how to move/copy them, even between different Hard Drives. And it supports
 > |> FAT, FAT32, NTFS,HPFS, Linux ext2 and Linux Swap.
 > |	I trust to cp command more than all this fat point-n-click
 > |programs sources of which I don't seen :)
 > 
 > Uhmm..... have you read every line in the sources of cp and the
 > libraries it uses?  Have you checked every source code of every other
 > program you run on your computer?  What about your BIOS - do you trust
 > it?

But he was right in regard to this particular program (Partition
Magic), although he might not have meant it. The last issue of the
Linux Journal had a review of this product, and it reported that PM is
buggy. During my usage of PM (and especially PM 4) I also noticed that
it's notably not polished. Consider that bugs in this kind of program
are much more dangerous than in other programs. It not just something
that would compel you to reload Netscape again. I trust cp and Linux
much better than PM, after my own experience and especially after the
bad review.


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Alex Shnitman
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