Use FIPS!!!!

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From: lig
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 00:00

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Hi :

Don't need to buy partition magic. Most of the versions of Linux  comes
bundled
with an utility called "FIPS.EXE" in the DOSUTILS directory. Use that to
partition u r
HD. You may have to clean up u r HD though before using FIPS. Defrag the
HD and use FIPS.

Cheers
Lig
J.S.H. <scott@ovis.net> wrote in message news:38bc14df@pluto.ovis.net...
> I want to try out the Linux OS, But I have found that there are a least 6
> different versions on the shelf at Circuit City. Which one should I buy?
Is
> this like a trial and error thing .......
> As of now I'm running win98 on a P2, 450mhz.
> When I figure this out I will be installing Linux on the same hard drive
as
> win98. Which brings up another situation. I do not have a program to break
> this up into partitions. So does Linux do this for me???
>
> Thanks, Scott
> Wheeling, West Virginia..
>
>

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