[aclug-L] Re: Suggestions?

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Moore wrote:
> 
> James O. Harms wrote:
> 
> >Jeff Vian wrote:
> >
> >>Michael Moore wrote:
> >>
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> >>read up on fips (it is included on the dos utilities section of the
> >>redhat linux distro CD)
> >>
> >>if you do a defrag of the vfat partition so all the end of the partition
> >>is free and no data gets lost then fips will let you resize the vfat
> >>partition and create a new partition at the end.
> >>
> >>>-----Mike
> >>>
> >
> >As Jeff pointed out, fips is a program that will resize fat16 or fat32
> >partitions.  This gives you the empty space in which to create Linux
> >partitions with cfdisk.
> >
> Thanks guys, for the fips information....I'll read up on that.  Also,
> and I didn't make this clear, I can't even locate the program/command
> "cfdisk" in Red Hat7.2.  The Red Hat 7.2 Unleashed book talks a little
> about how to use it; but, I can't locate it.  I searched for Man & Info
> pages on it...with no luck.  And I used the find command to locate
> it....with no luck.
> 
> >

I believe cfdisk is a "easier to use" way of using the regular linux
fdisk.
As I understand it, cfdisk was written to be a little more graphical but
used the fdisk backend to do its work. (cfdisk is not included in the
standard RH 7.2 install, although it was in earlier versions.)

fdisk is not all that hard, especially with the help list right there
with a single keystroke to bring it up.

And AFAIK, fdisk will see and manage (almost) any type of partition on a
drive while the dos/windows fdisk will ONLY handle drives with a single
primary partition and a single extended partition.


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