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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 13:15:22 +0100
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On 01/04/20 07:03, Daniel Jones wrote:
> Thanks Phil,
> 
> I'll read this a couple of times and try some commands (likely on an
> overlay) tomorrow.

If you CAN overlay, then DO. If you can't back up the drives, the more
you can do to protect them from being accidentally written to, the better.

Cheers,
Wol