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  • From: Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Rescue Disk not needed anymore but what about partitions
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:27:49 +1000

Hi Folks,

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:48:42 -0400 (EDT)
Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com> wrote:

> Did you say there was some way to make a 9MB or larger DOS partition,
> then install linux, then convert most of the DOS partition to swap using
> the linux fdisk after linux is installed? (Or even with a DOS program
> such as pqmagic, or the several other partition managers and editors that
> list members have suggested). That would keep from wasting the 4MB needed
> while installing linux using a 5MB DOS partition.

I have found FIPS to work well for "borrowing" a large slice of an
existing DOS partition.
It also allows you to keep a floppy disk with all the requirements to "undo"
it all later, if required.

Regards,
Ron

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