Re: W95 defrag [also lilo+Linux+Win98 FAT32]

1999-04-24 Thread Matt Folwell
On Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 09:39:12PM -0400, Jan Muszynski wrote: > > > On 23 Apr 99, at 23:45, Matt Folwell > wrote about Re: W95 defrag [also lilo+Linux+Win: > > > Which FM did you find this is? I've been unable to boot windows from lilo > > /usr/docs/lilo/

Re: W95 defrag [also lilo+Linux+Win98 FAT32]

1999-04-24 Thread Jan Muszynski
On 23 Apr 99, at 23:45, Matt Folwell wrote about Re: W95 defrag [also lilo+Linux+Win: > On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 05:42:09PM -0500, Brad wrote: > > > For quite a while, Windows refused to boot at all from lilo. i finally > > solved the problem by using some obscure commands

Re: W95 defrag [also lilo+Linux+Win98 FAT32]

1999-04-23 Thread Matt Folwell
On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 05:42:09PM -0500, Brad wrote: > For quite a while, Windows refused to boot at all from lilo. i finally > solved the problem by using some obscure commands buried deep in TFM. > Probably you won't need them, but they're here for a reference anyway. > > other=/dev/hdb1 >

Re: W95 defrag

1999-04-23 Thread Ray
On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 06:03:27PM +0100, H C Pumphrey wrote: > > A related question: the Linux+Win95 mini-HOWTO says that if you have FAT32 > you should not try using LILO. Is this info up-to-date? I believe it's ok to use LILO but don't let it replace the MBR. Just install LILO on the same par

Re: W95 defrag

1999-04-22 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Holger Mense <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, H C Pumphrey wrote: >> Greetings, fellow Debian fans, >> >> This is only a proto-debian question, I'm afraid, but I have tried to >> RTFM, honest. I'm trying to defrag the disc on a W95 laptop prior to using >> FIPS to re-partitio

Re: W95 defrag [also lilo+Linux+Win98 FAT32]

1999-04-22 Thread Brad
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, H C Pumphrey wrote: > > Greetings, fellow Debian fans, Greetings (: > This is only a proto-debian question, I'm afraid, but I have tried to > RTFM, honest. I'm trying to defrag the disc on a W95 laptop prior to using > FIPS to re-partition it so I can put Debian on it as we

Re: W95 defrag

1999-04-22 Thread Holger Mense
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, H C Pumphrey wrote: > Greetings, fellow Debian fans, > > This is only a proto-debian question, I'm afraid, but I have tried to > RTFM, honest. I'm trying to defrag the disc on a W95 laptop prior to using > FIPS to re-partition it so I can put Debian on it as well[1]. W95 def

Re: W95 defrag

1999-04-22 Thread Alec Smith
You might also take a look at a commercial package called PartitionMagic from PowerQuest. Yeah, it costs money... I've found however that PartitionMagic does a reliable job resizing partitions without need of defragging. If you've got more than one machine, or expect to be fiddling with partitions

Re: W95 defrag

1999-04-22 Thread Leen Besselink
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, H C Pumphrey wrote: > > Greetings, fellow Debian fans, > > This is only a proto-debian question, I'm afraid, but I have tried to > RTFM, honest. I'm trying to defrag the disc on a W95 laptop prior to using > FIPS to re-partition it so I can put Debian on it as well[1]. W9