From: jls11 AT po DOT CWRU DOT Edu (John L. Spetz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP: the future is... FreeDos? DJ-DOS? Linux?
Date: 2 May 1999 00:54:11 GMT
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In a previous article, ajschrotenboer AT lycosmail DOT com (Adam Schrotenboer) says:

>
>
>Marvin G Wise Jr wrote:
>
>> > There is only one danger: You must read the instructions for
>> > partitioning VERY CAREFULLY. You can lose everything you have
>> > if you don't do what it says. I didn't lose a byte. FIPS is good.
>> >
>
>FIPS doesn't work with FAT32X (Win98), or at least that's what a friend of mine
>told me.
>

When I went to install OpenLinux 1.3 the manual said that FIPS would not
work for Fat32, that I should get Partition Magic or reformat and
repartition.  This turned out not to be necessary.  I downloaded a newer
version of FIPS from the net and it worked fine on a 13.6 gig drive with
Windoze 98/Fat32 preinstalled.