From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 9 15:33:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from worf.spindle.net (mail.spindle.net [207.55.158.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5BE14C80 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 15:33:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ksm@spindle.net) Received: from thor ([204.251.22.11]) by worf.spindle.net (Post.Office MTA v3.1 release PO205e ID# 0-59450U8500L600S0V35) with SMTP id AAA241; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 17:44:42 -0500 Message-ID: <000601be82d8$e929cc50$0b16fbcc@thor.spindle.net> From: "KSM" To: , "Chris" Subject: Re: fips.exe Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 17:32:53 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3007.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3007.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG it sounds like you need to defrag the hard drive... that pushes all of the data up to the front of the disk, and you can then just partition your mind out. KSM -----Original Message----- From: Chris To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 4:54 PM Subject: fips.exe >Hi, > 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. If someone could give me a hand >or any info on what could be causing the problem, that would be great! > >Thanks. > >Chris. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message