Re: dd->hd hole puncher

[grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)]

In article <termusta.762723548@polaris> termusta@utu.fi (Tero P. Mustalahti) writes:
>>Just pay the extra money for HD disks.  Punched DD disks aren't very reliable
>>when formatted HD...
>
>Well, actually I have used several DD disks as HD for months now without any 
>problems, I have rewritten on them many many times. They are Scotch/3M disks.
>So some of them ARE reliable.

     You bought the name-brand disks, though.  I've found that the 3M and
the Sony disks are fairly reliable when punched, but you can get good bulk
HD disks for much less (and just as reliable).
     DO NOT try to punch the extra hole in 'bulk' DD disks.  These are the
most unreliable, and I have lost data doing this...

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