Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 20:32:53 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB]
At 03:10 PM 1/05/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 05:21:40 +0700 >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB] > > >> I'm just curious - in a 20/30/40GB HDD L100/L110 > >> scenario, if you're going to run Win'2K as your one > >> and only OS - are these overlay programs totally > >> redundant? And if not, what purpose would they serve > >> in such a scenario? > > > > Primarily, I think you would have problems if you had > > a total system crash and had to reboot from DOS to fix > > it. At that point you could only see the 8gb, and if > > the files you needed to fix whatever problem you had > > were beyond that, they would be inaccessible. With the > > overlay running, you could still access all your other > > partitions in DOS. This is the only circumstance that > > immediately comes to mind. > >Sounds to me like the overlay thing itself is introducing >a significant level of FUD and increasing the chances that >you're going to have the problems in the first place... > >Wouldn't it be a lot simpler/safer/reliable just to keep >all the troubleshooting/recovery stuff in the first 8GB >than to do the overlay thing? Actually, if you do the right thing (eg. always let the overlay load first) you don't seem to get any problems ... at least I haven't ... yet ... The problem isn't that you can't GET to your diagnostics/recovery tools. The problem is if everything goes pear shaped, how are you going to back up stuff that you had ABOVE 8 gig? Ditto for files on NTFS partitions ... often you just need to get a SINGLE text file from a machine but you have to spend an hour or so trying parallel installs, different machines, etc. when if it were FAT32 you could just boot off a boot disk and copy it across. You can see I've had practice with this ... probably a bit too much for my liking ... heh - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
