🚀 go-pugleaf

Manfred Bartz <mbartz@werple.net.au> writes:

> FIPS is not a good choice IMO.  It _can_ get you a Linux partition if
> you absolutely, positively, have no other choice.
> 
> As far as I know, FIPS is not able to change the FAT cluster size.
<snip>

True, but this need not necessarily be a problem.
My solution:
1. Use FIPS to create generously sized partition(s) for Linux.
2. Install Linux.
3. Boot Linux, mount the Win95 partition, and tar up everything there
   onto the Linux partition.
4. Use dd to (carefully!) zero some of the bytes at the start
   of the Win95 partition (else DOS format may refuse to change the
   cluster size).
5. Boot to DOS rescue disk, and reformat Win95 partition,
   with small clusters.
6. Boot to Linux, untar Win95 data back to Win95 partition.

Worked fine. (But I don't make any guarantees for anyone else.
Use at your own risk.  Make backups.  Etc, etc.)

-- David