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Re: Can linux-fdisk handle FAT partitions + Banner suggestion
Windows 95 OSR2 can handle FAT32.
In a matter of fact I made my 2Gb and my 1Gb partitions 4K/Cluster.
Saved me about 400Mg :))
With a program called Partition Magic. So....to the point....Windows 65 OSR2
can handle FAT32 partitions...
See ya.
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Schnaider <snaider@galcom.co.il>
To: Shlomi Fish <shlomif@techst02.technion.ac.il>; linux-il@linux.org.il
<linux-il@linux.org.il>
Date: Tuesday, December 02, 1997 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: Can linux-fdisk handle FAT partitions + Banner suggestion
>Mmmm... What about
>1) Linux - A real operating system
>2) Save the WORLD - Linux (GREENPEACE)
>3) Save the computer WORLD - Linux
>4) No viruses, No Cash and no Crash - Linux
>5) Linux 98 - Welcome to the revolution
>6) Linux the real thing (Coca Cola)
>7) Where do you want to go today? Linux
>8) Linux inside
>9) Operating system inside - Linux
>10) Come to the light side - Linux (Star wars)
>11) Fast Free Cool - Linux
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>Ohh... times up, sorry,
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>Have fun,
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>and
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>may be the power be with you - linux
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>Daniel
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>Shlomi Fish wrote:
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>> Well,
>>
>> FOA, I've prepared a banner for the party and you can review it at:
>> http://t2.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/linux_banner/
>> . It was prepared with CorelDraw 4.0, and is not very sophisticated at
>> the
>> moment. IMO anyway, it looks very nice.
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>> And now to the main question: my family use a legal version of
>> PartitionMagic at home to handle a number of FAT and VFAT
>> (=Win95) partitions and resize them. There are several other
>> commercial
>> software packages that can do similiar things. We are very happy with
>> it,
>> and haven't experienced any major problems yet.
>>
>> My roommate just bought a new computer, and already his 3.2 GB
>> hard-disk
>> is split into a 2GB partition and a 1 GB partition. I suggested he
>> split
>> it even further, to save size of semi-empty clusters. FAT32 is not an
>> option unless someone knows of an add-on for Win95 that can do just
>> that.
>>
>> My question is: whether we can install Linux there, (or perhaps even
>> use
>> it from a couple of bootdisks) and use the Linux fdisk to resize the
>> FAT
>> partitions he finds the need. Linux fdisk should know how to do the
>> following:
>> 1. Cut the end of a partially empty partition. (assume
>> it was defragged first).
>> 2. Adjust the cluster size after a partition was shortened.
>> 3. Move a partition forwards or backwards if there is any unused disk
>> space there.
>>
>> Al those things should be done with FAT and VFAT partitions without
>> damaging their contents and directory tree.
>>
>> Any information will be appreciated.
>>
>> Shlomi Fish
>>
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>> Shlomi Fish
>> Faculty of Electrical Engineering
>> The Technion
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