Re: tlug: partition

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, Matt Gushee wrote:

> Eltigani A. Musa writes:
>  > Hi every body
> 
> Hi, and welcome to Linux.
> 
>  > I'm a new user running S.u.S.E Linux 5.3, I want to create fdisk ( fips/5C
>  > or fips15C ), actually I'm not sure about the exact parameter or name for
>  > the fdisk used for partitioning the Hard Drives without affecting the
>  > existing data ?
> 
> To my knowledge, *if* you follow the instructions exactly and there
> are no errors, fips will always preserve your existing data without any
> special parameters. That's the whole point of the fips program. On the
> other hand, it is inherently a risky operation, so it's not a good
> idea to try it without backing up your data.

Does FIPS work with anything other than Fat16 yet?  Last I checked it's
completely unable to handle Fat32/Win98 partitions.

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