Re: Modifying a Windows 95/98 FAAT 32 partition

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

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destruss@iowatelecom.net wrote on Sat Aug 11, 2001 um 06:54:32PM:

>  If you are trying to slice up win98 safely without losing data, it's
>  normal to use fips for making room for linux partition. (See
>  installation and fips documentation)

FIPS has some disadvantages: unable to change cluster size, and requires
a defragment filesystem. Another open source alternative is GNU parted.
I prepared a set of modified boot floopies which can be used to install
Woody or Sid and contain GNU parted and Ext3-support.

http://people.debian.org/~blade/bf-ext3/README-boot-floppies.html

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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