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Re: 2 questions
On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Ira Abramov wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Amos Shapira wrote:
>
> > > > 1) i have win NT and dos installed on my comp.
> > > > i would like to install linux on a second disk i have (that i
> > > > previosly installed).
> > > > how do i install the linux without dammaging it, the NT or dos ???
> > >
> > > RTFM! if it's a clean virgin disk, it's a very simple task. if you need to
> > > repartition, use FIPS or Partition magic
> >
> > Do these utilities handle NTFS? I doubt that.
>
> no, but NTFS makes no sense unless you run a server. for any other use NT
> over FAT is faster, and I hope that's his setup too.
Yes, you're right. I have successfully cut FAT based partitions without
use FIPS or any other util, just by using Speedisk to put everything at
the beginning of the disk, and then I cut it after the data, with
fdisk(Linux fdisk), and voilla
>
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