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Subject: partitioning From: "Warren Piece" <kenny_maekit@hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:39:32 GMT total newbie question... i'm trying to install redhat, currently running win 98, and am using fips to partition my hd. i've defragged a couple of times, but there is still a small amount of information that is pushed to the very end of the hd (which is not even half full). because the last cylinder is not empty, fips boots me out and won't let me do anything. any help would be great. === Subject: Re: partitioning From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang@eburg.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 12:56:31 -0700 Warren Piece wrote: > is not even half full). because the last cylinder is not empty, fips boots > me out and won't let me do anything. any help would be great. Perhaps you could try parted? Search for it on freshmeat. You can download a bootable floppy image (use rawrite from the Red Hat CDROM to write the image to a floppy) which you can use to resize your partitions. I've used it to increase the size of a FAT32 partition, but not shrink. Let me know how it works :) === Subject: Re: partitioning From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@Infinity-ltd.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:33:16 -0500 (CDT) On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Warren Piece wrote: > > total newbie question... > i'm trying to install redhat, currently running win 98, and am using fips to > partition my hd. i've defragged a couple of times, but there is still a > small amount of information that is pushed to the very end of the hd (which > is not even half full). because the last cylinder is not empty, fips boots > me out and won't let me do anything. any help would be great. > > Are you running something like Norton Utilities Image that puts am "image" file at the end of the disk? If so, turn it off, look for, and delete a hidden/system file called something like Image in C:\, and try it again. === Subject: Re: partitioning From: "Stephen Liu" <satimis@writeme.com> Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 07:58:27 +0800 Hi Warren, Take my advice don't use fips. It is not safe as indicated in the warning of this resizing software. I got a bitter lesson twice in using this software. The partition will be destroyed automatically for unknown reason on starting PC, everything then gone. Partition Magic is reliable but it is not free. I have no idea about another resizing software recommended by another guy MSG === Subject: Re: partitioning From: Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 23:15:06 -0400 (EDT) Your current situation doesn't sound good, but just wanted to offer that I have used fips several times and it has been very reliable each time. Follow the directions carefully of course. === Subject: Re: partitioning From: "Leonard den Ottolander" <leonardjo@hetnet.nl> Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 15:15:41 +0200 Hi Warren, > i've defragged a couple of times, but there is still a > small amount of information that is pushed to the very end of the hd Did you check (with a disk editor or defrag utility) which files are at the end of the disk? If you are using Norton Utilities, it might be that its image.idx and image.dat file are located there. Just delete them. Otherwise I wouldn't know. ===