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Subject: Re: OT: usage of split
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote:

>	xaa, xab, ...		Chunks of the original file that can fit
>				in 1.4MB floppies (does anyone use these
>				anymore?)
>  
>
A Linux boot floppy saved out bacon just last week, and it's still the 
easiest way to flash a BIOS; Partition Magic still insists on using 
floppies for backing up partition tables.  So sadly, yes, I still use 
floppies.  I wouldn't trust a backup to one, though, and my free 
collection of worthless NT installation floppies generally just gathers 
dust  :-)

--Alex