[ale] 'fips' usage question

Thu Jun 24 09:31:50 EDT 1999

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'Lo -
I have just installed RH2.0 (Hedwig) with no problems on the top half of a 4
GBy disk. RH's install did its usual trick of creating an extended partition
containing /, /home, and swap.

I want to shrink the FAT16 DOS/Win95 partition to half its current size and
devote the freed 1 MBY to Linux, but Partition Magic (from the Mandrake
repackaging of RH6.0) declines, since there is already a Linux partition.

'fips' docs also caution that it should not be used on a system with more
than one installed OS. I had hoped repartition, reboot Linux from a boot
diskette, then rerun 'lilo' to rebuild my boot sector. Does anyone know a
[reasonably] safe way to shrink my DOS partition and keep both my Linux
installation and the content of my Win95 installation?

Thanks -

  John Mills, Sr. Software Engineer
  TGA Technologies, Inc.
  100 Pinnacle Way, Suite 140
  e-mail: jmills at tga.com
  Norcross, GA 30071-3633
  Phone: 770-421-2100 ext.124 (voice)
         770-449-7740 (FAX)

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'Lo -
 I have just installed RH2.0 (Hedwig) with no =
problems on the top half of a 4 GBy disk. RH's install did its usual =
trick of creating an extended partition containing /, /home, and =
swap.

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I want to shrink the FAT16 DOS/Win95 partition to =
half its current size and devote the freed 1 MBY to Linux, but =
Partition Magic (from the Mandrake repackaging of RH6.0) declines, =
since there is already a Linux partition.</FONT></P>

'fips' docs also caution that it should not be used =
on a system with more than one installed OS. I had hoped repartition, =
reboot Linux from a boot diskette, then rerun 'lilo' to rebuild my boot =
sector. Does anyone know a [reasonably] safe way to shrink my DOS =
partition and keep both my Linux installation and the content of my =
Win95 installation?

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Thanks -</FONT>
</P>

John Mills, Sr. Software Engineer
 TGA Technologies, Inc.
 100 Pinnacle Way, Suite 140
 e-mail: jmills at tga.com
 Norcross, GA 30071-3633
 Phone: 770-421-2100 ext.124 (voice)
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770-449-7740 (FAX)

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