umweber on Sun, 8 Aug 1999 13:52:55 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] defragmenter for Wind 98


Partition Magic works well resizing ext2 and fat32 partitions, but it is a
commercial product.

-- 
Michelle Weber
umweber@mcs.drexel.edu


On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Jason Staloff wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> This *should* be easy, but.... I have a Wind98 laptop I need to get 
> Linux installed on. I've read the docs for FIPS and I'm ready to 
> shrink my Wind 98 partition to make room, but for one detail.
> 
> FIPS requires that the data all be at the beginning of the partition, 
> so when it truncates the end nothing gets clobbered. But Wind98's 
> defrag utility puts data at both ends during the optimization 
> process. What I need is a defrag util that will work like the older 
> DOS defrag, but can deal with my FAT32 partition. Any recommendations?
> 
> Unfortunately, I can't just get rid of the offending partition at 
> this time, though I know that's the best solution :-}
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> JAS
> 
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