Re: Partitioning a disk with data on it

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From: Paul Andrew King
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 00:00

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In article <B0BFF4C19668CC87@lovejoy.demon.co.uk>,
ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk (Ben Lovejoy) wrote:

>Ta, but I've now been advised that System 8 will solve the problem of
>minimum block sizes, and I'm pretty likely to take the plunge and do the
>upgrade soon, so I'll wait until then.

I understand that 8.1 will have a new filing system.  But it'll still
almost certainly mean reformatting the disk.  But then I wouldn't try
creating new partitions without a backup either - even if I had software
that claimed to be able to do that.

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