Re: [LIH] Installing linux on 40 GB HDD with win98 multi partitions

[USM B. <bi...@nd...>]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 08:47:04PM -0800, SHAKEEL AKBAR wrote:
> 
> I have 40 GB HDD with win98. i have first 7 GB Partition 
> Rest of the extended & logical partitions are 5 GB each.
> 
> I am  installing linux  Red Hat 7.0 I installed linux in
> past & i am trying to divide  the 7 GB  Partition  using 
> FIPS but in linux install i dont know wat to do !!
> 
> Plz tell me solution as i want to retain all  partitions 
> and divide my 7 GB Primary  Partition without destroying 
> any data & to install linux on it
> 
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Its been ages that I have used fips.IIRC, fips is not in a
position to deal with this  type of  situation  where  you
want to carve out space in the middle of the hard disk. If
I recall fips looks for freespace at the end  before write
action. Since you have an extended partition below, it may
not work. Please  check the  fips docs  though, because my
recall is a bit hazy.

If you delete your total extended partition, fips  will be
able to slice out a portion from your C: (/dev/hda1).  You
would have to recreate your partitions later.

Unfortunately, fips is a DOS program, and can  do  the job
even from a floppy boot (in pure DOS mode). I do  NOT know
of any Linux program which does the same job of non-destr-
uctive partitioning for you.

Bish

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