Re: fips

2002-05-31 Thread ben
On Friday 31 May 2002 03:49 pm, Dano wrote: > Hello, > > I have a Thinkpad R30 with Windows 98. > When I run fips for install GNU/Debian have the next error: > > --- > ... > > Checking boot sector ... > Error: Number of sector (long) does not match partion info: > 179171

Re: fips

2002-05-31 Thread Kent West
Dano wrote: Hello, I have a Thinkpad R30 with Windows 98. When I run fips for install GNU/Debian have the next error: --- ... Checking boot sector ... Error: Number of sector (long) does not match partion info: 17917130 instead of 17917137 The number of sector in

Re: fips/win swapfile ?

2000-12-03 Thread Mike Phillips
> I looked through the control panel¬>system and I didn't see anything. > There isn't one !!!. (You can manually set the file to a zero/small size in the Virtual Memory tab, but there is no need.) What they mean is to delete the win386.swp (???) file from the harddrive because it is read-only an

Re: fips won't move hidden

2000-03-09 Thread davidturetsky
TED]> To: Brian J. Stults <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 11:09 AM Subject: Re: fips won't move hidden > On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Brian J. Stults wrote: > > > I'm having trouble repartitioning a drive with a single FAT32 partition > &

Re: fips won't move hidden

2000-03-09 Thread Tom Pfeifer
It is the files marked with the "System" attribute that Win9X Defrag won't move by default - not the hidden ones. To override that, go to Start - Run and use this command: defrag c: /p That should leave all free space in a contiguous block at the end of the partition so you can use fips. Anoth

Re: fips won't move hidden

2000-03-09 Thread Dean Struss
Hi Brian: Check your defragging program to see if there are any options. You need to move all files to the front of the hard drive. I've had Nortons utility which does this easily. Dean "Brian J. Stults" wrote: > I'm having trouble repartitioning a drive with a single FAT32 partition > with F

Re: fips won't move hidden

2000-03-08 Thread Constantin Vernicos
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Brian J. Stults wrote: > I'm having trouble repartitioning a drive with a single FAT32 partition > with FIPS. I defragged, did a clean boot, and ran it, but it gives an > error that there are hidden or read-only files at the end of the > partition. I tried disabling the swap

Re: fips etc.

1998-09-21 Thread Joe Stewart
fips does support fat32 after version 1.51 or somewhere close to this. I downloaded a fresh copy from sunsite and it worked great. Joe On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Richard Sevenich wrote: > At our school we are planning to have a 'linux-install' day where students > will > bring in their home machines

Re: fips equivalent for ext2?

1998-01-29 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
I'm sorry, but I don't know how to solve your problem if you don't have any free disk space. Perhaps someone else on the list will have some ideas. Bob On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Ulisses Alonso Camaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > > > I assume

Re: fips equivalent for ext2?

1998-01-29 Thread Ulisses Alonso Camaro
Hi all again! On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > I assume you have disk space available, either on another ^^ Sorry my poor english, I looking something like fips because I have no such space... I was thinking in archive & compress /h

Re: fips equivalent for ext2?

1998-01-29 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
I assume you have disk space available, either on another partition or available to partition. Assuming that the new partition is to be /dev/hdxn. As root, you should do the following: 1. fdisk /dev/hdx Use p to see the existing partition arrangement, then, if it doesn't already exist,