Not being a great command line user, but not too afraid of DOS, I would like to try using FIPS if it might do it. I looked at it on the first cd of Mandrake while in windows and it cautioned that it needs to be run in DOS. With what little I know of DOS, I tried to call it up from the cd in DOS without luck. Can anyone give me more specific instructions on how to use it?
On Wednesday 26 December 2001 10:50 am, you wrote: > I helped a friend deal with the same situation by > using a little utility called FIPS. You can find it on > your Mandrake CD's. It doesn't have a fancy GUI but it > will take you through the resizing process > step-by-step and is really pretty easy to use. > > TC > > --- tester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Charles Jennings wrote: > > >This ones got me baffled. I am trying to install > > > > Mandrake 8.1 on my wifes > > > > >computer. It's a pentium with a 10 gig hard drive > > > > running win98. I try to > > > > >install in the expert mode and resize it. I get the > > > > massage that it can't be > > > > >resized. After scandisk and defrag, and looking > > > > into fdisk, there is 6.1 gig > > > > >free but the whole disk is active for win. I don't > > > > know why diskdrake won't > > > > >resize it. I am not competent to use fdisk (never > > > > done it and I don't want to > > > > >erase the wife's hard drive by error). Any > > > > suggestions on what might be the > > > > >cause and the solution? > > >Thanks. > > > > This one means that a windows program has placed a > > non-relocatable > > cluster near the end of the disk or that you are > > using the NTFS > > filesystem which we do not write-enable in the > > install kernel. > > > > SInce you are running 98 which does not support > > NTFS, do the disk defrag > > and scroll down on the full display--near the bottom > > you will find one > > or more red-marked clusters. > > > > The solution is non-trivial, Either remove programs > > one by one and > > defrag and try linux after each such removal or > > install linux on another > > large disk with a grub boot, copy all of your > > windows data over (but not > > your installed programs), then scrub windows and go > > back to fdisk and > > set up windows on a smaller primary partition, > > reinstalling software > > then set up linux again on the primary master drive > > and mount the second > > drive to restore the data you wanted to back up. I > > have done this in > > another situation--a rather full 10G disk where > > Win98 was installed and > > the user attempted an XP upgrade, losing mouse and > > keyboard (both > > Microsoft brand hardware products, BTW) in the > > process. I could not > > shrink the winpartition enough to make room for the > > 2.2G of data he > > wanted to rescue, so I used a second disk and a > > linux install on it, > > then scrubbed the first disk after copyiong over the > > info he wanted. > > The clean install of XP still could not see his > > mouse or keyboard, so > > he is running 98 and Mandrake dual boot these days, > > and he seems very > > grateful that linux was able to save his data from > > an otherwise trashed > > situation. > > > > Civileme > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from > > > > MandrakeSoft? > > > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > > MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com
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