Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 15:11:55 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: pechter@shell.monmouth.com (Bill/Carolyn Pechter) Cc: bob@luke.pmr.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! I need to shrink a DOS partition. Message-ID: <199605121311.PAA07456@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <199605121213.IAA02673@shell.monmouth.com> from "Bill/Carolyn Pechter" at May 12, 96 08:13:57 am
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Bill wrote: . . . . . > > You should really approach FIPS with caution, however, as it > > relies on a sort of trick to do its magic. Having been FIPS-ed, > > your DOS partition is much more vulnerable to damage, because your > > DOS filesystem parameters are no longer standard. > > > [Note to the Powers That Be: All this probably needs to be FAQ-ed, > > if it isn't there already.] > > > > Note to the Powers That Be: Another alternative is the commercial program > Partiton Magic (which will resize DOS and OS/2 partitions including HPFS) > and may be more reliable and less prone to FreeBSD FAT problems than > FIPS since it can change fat clustersize. Well, OK, I'd go along with that.... 8-). -- Robert Nordier
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