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[Ernesto Celis <celise AT prodigy.net.mx>]

> > I have a 3099 Mb FAT32 primary DOS partiton
> > I d like to create 500Mb or I gb ext2/3 for linux
>
> If you do a complete defrag of your FAT32 partition
> (to move all the data to front), you should be able
> to carve off 500mb (from the back) using FIPS 2.0,
> Partition Magic or something similar.  Afterwards,
> the DOS partition should still boot as normal
> (but it will be smaller).

I have used Fips 2.0 but I didn't mention about this before
because the Fips documentation recomendation is the use of a
floppy disk to boot and repartion, but it can be used
booting from the HD too. I my opinion Fips can do the job
very well. Before start Fips you must defrag your hard
drive.

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