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Date:	Sun, 2 Sep 2001 14:53:40 PDT
From:	"mrakijas" <mrakijas@oco.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	<scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Sysinstx

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From: "J. R. Fox"
Reply-To: scoug-help@scoug.com
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 14:26:31 PDT

>I was speaking in a much more general sense: Forget

the h/d cloning scenario. If, for some
>reason, one needed to re-apply the Sysinstx to a

partition previously so initialized (I
>guess, due to symptoms similar to those you

experienced, where the correct boot partition
>does not seem to be pointed to), could any harm be

done ? That was really my question.

I may be wrong but the only possibility for damage

that I see is that a data file gets overwritten,

i.e., the space that SYSINSTX wants to use is

otherwise occupied with your data. I guess that's

why I cited the cloning issue and said that I don't

know if it overwrites or safely moves files that may

otherwise occupy the space. Since I was cloning,

the space should have otherwise already been

reserved. I thought the experts would chime in on

whether they knew for sure about the move/overwrite

issue.

>It
>is even possible I had to do this once, but if so I

cannot recall the circumstances. If it
>ever did come up, it must have worked, because

conspicuous failures I definitely do tend to
>recall. And if a partition that should be there

for boot purposes is missing in action, I
>guess one would have little to lose by trying.

Getting it to boot in this circumstance is another

issue altogether. You need all of the system files

to get a successful boot as well as all the pointers

pointing to the right place. This would be much

more complicated.

>Jordan

-Rocky

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