Package: debian-installer-manual Section 3.5.1.1 recommends fips+defrag however this is usually not necessary. Partman can change the size of FAT partitions and keep the data in them. It is not necessary for the resized partitions to be defrag-ed. The only thing the user has to do is the change the size of the partition in the "Partition settings:" dialog.
The present implementation of the resizing in partman doesn't allow the start of the partition to be moved (only the end of the partition). If fips allows this then there are occasions when fips is necessary (I have never used fips). Anton Zinoviev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]