Hello,
I don't know if it matters if linux/NT ang i install mo. But i tried
using Partition Magic, forgot the version though, to split a FAT16
partition to make space for NT installation.
Yan
On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Ronneil Camara wrote:
> FIPS is nice. But if your existing data on Win95/98 is fragmented, then you
> will have to defragment it. Ang tagal, grabe. Anyways, I've tried it on a
> machine with a clean win98 installation, and fips found out that my last
> sectors/tracks were free. But you will have to manually input the start of
> block, AFAIR.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Federico Sevilla III [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 8:43 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [plug] Reconfiguring Win98 partition
> >
> >
> > Quoting "Elfredy V. Cadapan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > >FIPS... I think it's in the tools subdir on most distribs. fips.exe
> >
> > I tried FIPS but I was terribly dissatisfied. I ended up just
> > deleting the
> > whole thing and redoing my partitioning. I do not know how
> > stable the parted
> > utility is. I don't know if its current state allows you to
> > work on FAT32
> > partitions, either. But it's probably worth a shot. You'll
> > also have to run
> > this from a Linux bootdisk. Makes it a little more
> > complicated, but it might do
> > the trick if FIPS doesn't. If FIPS cuts it, then I guess it
> > should do. It looks
> > like it could be more convenient to use. :)
> >
> > If you want to check out parted you can look in Freshmeat
> > <http://www.freshmeat.net/> to see where you can get it. :)
> >
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