> Dear sir,
> we have the following problem with the last preinstalled versions of
> Win95: the new FAT32 partition is not splittable by the fips.exe program
> which is enclosed to the RedHat, Slackware and other versions of Linux
> CD's.
> We tried to e-mail Arno Schaefer, the author of fips, but there is an
> automatic answer which clearly states that the FAT32 is an unresolved
> problem and that now he is not working on an upgrade of fips (I enclose
> the answer at the end of this e-mail).
>
> Do you know if there is a simple way to split the FAT32 partition
> in some way? It seems that the life becomes hard also if you are trying to
> simplify it with Linux!
>
> The problem is that we can not cancel completely the WIN95 partition
> because:
> 1) this is a preinstalled O.S. and we have not the CD (and there are
> only older version in the shops -version with FAT16-).
> 2) we can not use DOS to reformat the HD because DOS is not capable to
> recognize the disk (due to the FAT32!!!), and the same for win95 older release
> (the one which worked with FIPS...).
Giuseppe,
As far as I know, the only way to repartition a FAT32 partition is to use
the commercial program Partition Magic version 3.x. Partition Magic can
also convert a FAT32 partition to FAT16. See www.powerquest.com for more
details. Hopefully FIPS will have this capability soon.
Bob
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