Re: Non-hard drive partitions on locked down server?

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Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 23:27:03 -0800

On 2005-03-08, Jem Berkes <jb@users.pc9.org> wrote:

> Zip sounds like another possibility, then. I don't have any experience with
> the devices personally. Do they tend to be resistant to corruption? For
> instance, I really wouldn't trust a floppy disk for r/w over long periods
> -- add to that the possibility of abrupt power loss. Do Zip drives tend to
> corrupt data in such situations?

I've heard good and bad about Zip. I've used them lightly for a few
years now, and haven't had any difficulty--certainly not as bad as
regular floppies. But YMMGV[0].

--keith

[0] your mileage may greatly vary

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