Re: Fips problems

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From: Gonzalo A. Diethelm
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 00:00

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bzou@chat.carleton.ca (Bo Zou) writes:

> I downloaded FIPS15B and partitioned my disk.  But when it finishes it
> doesn't return to dos command.  The error is "can't load command"(??? I
> can't remember exactly), "memory allocation error, system halted"(???)
> But it did partitioned my disk.  The problem happens when I restart my
> computer and windows can't work.  The error is:
> 
> "while initializing device VFBACKUP: VFBACKUP could not load vfd.vxd.  
> Please run set up again."

Wait, are you sure you were NOT trying to resize the boot partition
with FIPS (I mean, the partition from which you started DOS up)? If
you did, there are no guarantees as to what happened...

> Bo

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From: gonzo@ing.puc.cl (Gonzalo A. Diethelm)
Subject: Re: Fips problems
Date: 1997/12/27
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