>From: Brian <lxy at cloudnet.com>
>Reply-To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
>To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
>Subject: Re: [TCLUG] WIN98
>Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:11:26 -0500 (CDT)
>
>On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Matt Waters wrote:
>
> > >OS's at the front of the 2 disks. The first problem I see is the
> > >repartitioning
> > >of the disk. Fdisk I assume, but what will this do to the OS? Reinstall 
>I
> > >suppose.
> >
> > I believe there is a DOS program called fips that you can use to rewrite 
>the
> > FAT and create a second partition without destroying Win98. Depending on
>
>Brian writes:
>
>Fips (last I checked) won't cut up Fat32 partitions.  My suggestion would
>be to get your hands on a copy of Partition Magic and use that to carve up
>the drive.  It even understands linux partitions.  I would just resize the
>36 GB partiton down to 30 or so and leave yourself a large chunk of
>unallocated space.  Run the redhat install, partition out the unallocated
>space, and it'll install linux on it.  The big problem you'll have with
>this is the large drive size... LILO has problems after cylinder 1023.  Be
>sure when it asks you to create a boot disk you do that in case LILO pukes
>out.
>
>
>
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fips handles fat32 partitions just fine. When I first put rh on my box last 
year, I was running Win98 with fat32 and fips worked great.

The Fishy One's Infinite Wisdom #28: "Life is anything that dies when you 
stomp on it."

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