From: mdw@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) Subject: Re: Safety Belt / SLS Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:35:39 GMT
>I second this idea! I did the exact same thing. I was trying to install linux
>on the 2nd disk; cranked up fdisk (forgetting to specify /dev/hdb); deleted
>partition 1; did a write; and, voila "DOS IS HISTORY".
Just a suggestion: it would be nice to take out the /dev/hda default in
fdisk, and have it print a usage message if you give no args. Why? Because
whenever you invoke fdisk you need to know what you're doing, and the
extra hindrance is nice so you stop, think, and MUST specify to fdisk
exactly what drive you want to change the partition table of.
Just an idea. Might save a few people some trouble.
mdw
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