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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 19:21:06 -0500
From: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>
To: Chris <chris@ogden.sd27.bc.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Fips
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Chris <chris@ogden.sd27.bc.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
> 	I have already written in once about fips. I am trying to repartion my
> hard drive so that I can install FreeBSD and keep my Windows98 in tact. I
> downloaded fips.exe and created a startup disk and put fips.exe on it. I
> rebooted my machine and ran fips. However, each time I run fips I get the
> same error.. The program does all the diagnostics and then it gets to the
> part where it says:
> 
> Checking FAT... OK
> Checking free space... OK
> 
> And right here it gives an error that says:
> 
> Error: Last cylinder is not free.
> 
> bye!
> 
> And then I am back to the command prompt. I have tried defragging and then
> running fips right away but I get the same error every time. If someone
> could give me some info on what could be wrong and if there is a way that I
> can get around the problem.

You might be using FIPS Version 1.0, which doesn't support FAT32.
Unfortunately I believe the version which is on the ftp site is the old
version.

A newer version can be found here: http://www.igd.fhg.de/~aschaefe/fips/

Give this a shot.

Good Luck,
Nathan

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