In the last mail MHE said:
> I have a 3GB HardDisk. It contains approx. 1.5GB of data. Now I read in the
> Linux installation guide I have to backup all this and run !Hform to create
> a Linux partition.
>
> Now, I'm not very eager to start backing up 1.5 gigs of data to floppies :-/
>
> PLEASE, somebody, tell me there is an alternative. For the PC-emulator I can
> create an Image-file on the ADFS disk. Can I do the same or something
> similar for Linux?
An alternative is to borrow another hard disk and temporarily store your data there.
Possibly by sending it over a serial link or Ethernet to another machine that you
possess or can borrow.
> - Still 23 months to go until the next millenium...
Very true. But the "bug" hits in 00 come what may.
Nick
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