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In article <PRZEMEK.95Aug14160924@rrdjazz.nist.gov>,
Przemek Klosowski <przemek@rrdjazz.nist.gov> wrote:
> There is an alternative: you can de-fragment your disk under DOS to
> move them towards the beginning of a partition, and split the
> partition using the FIPS program: you will get a shrunk DOS partition
> in the beginning of the disk, and the new partition can be used for
> Linux. If you use weird disk drivers or remap sectors, this could
> screw up your DOS though.

Before I tryed anything like this I would make sure I have a validated
back.  As yoiu said things can/will go wrong.  I had a bad spot on a
floppy the other day... It was a good thing I was not depending on that
disk-block before I checked it...  :)

A better solution is to get a secound disk drive and partition that
some of that for Linux( Remember the partition needs to be in the first
500 Meg).  Disks prices are falling.  Of cource that does cost money...

Backing up your software can save you money, should you have to
replace some of bought software or more costly your own data.  If
Linux does nothing else for you, You can make compresed-back-ups of
your DOS partitions easy with Linux and some extra disk space.