Wayne Pascoe wrote:
> I think the app you're looking for is fips... It comes on most Linux CD's,
> but I'm not sure if the standard fips deals with FAT32...
In my experience, the most recent version of fips (v.1.5 , I think, it came
with my SuSE 5.3 distr.) worked once on a HDD with FAT32, and on another HDD
with the same FAT, it didn't. The second time, there seemed to be a problem
with blocks missing, so, actually, it could have been a safety feature. IMHO,
fips is definitely worth a try.See you,
Christoph
> Which release of
> windows 95 are you running? If it's OEM A or the Upgrade, chances are you
> don't have a fat32 partition... If it's OEM B, then you might have FAT32. If
> you do just yell and I'll try and find fips 32 for you.... Make sure that
> you defrag your harddrive before running fips... Get all the data snug up
> front of the drive before lopping the back off :-)
>
> As far as the premier Linux flavour at the time goes, you can start whole
> religious wars with statements like that :-) I started out on Slackware and
> the learning curve was STEEP... I then moved to Redhat 5.0 and found that
> this is really perfect for desktop work... Now I'm back with slackware for
> my servers and redhat for my workstations... Slackware is definitely more
> graft, but you get more control imho,,,, Redhat is by far the best when it
> comes to helping you get going quickly...
>
> just my 2c
>
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> Wayne Pascoe (GiT) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher J. & JoLene J. McFarland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 'Linux Newbie Mailing List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 08 September 1998 07:10
> Subject: Partitioning the hard way; or maybe not...?
>
> Hello, real newbie here.
> So new I don't even have Linux on my box yet. :)
> OK, here's my question:
> I have Win95 installed on my hard drive on one (very large) partition on my
> hard drive, which is approx 1.6 gigs total. Now, I just got this system
> tweeked to my liking, after about the 4th reformat since my marriage. (and I
> got married 3 months ago! Hows that for Microshmucks "reliability" for
> you.) Further, my wife would kill me if I took all the stuff which she
> *just* started learning and tossed it out. Further, that I *finally* found
> an office suite that's so close to my own tastes that it makes no
> difference, and it's Windows 95 only.
> Down to the question. Is there a freeware way to re-partition the hard
> drive without losing the data that is already there? I'm basicly looking
> for a "Partition Magic"-type freeware.
> If there isn't a way to do it, that's cool, I'll just wait until I have
> enough money to buy a bigger hard drive, Partition Magic, and whatever the
> premier Linux release is available at the time. (probably Red Hat)
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> Chris
