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Re: [Plug] defragmenter for Wind 98
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Partition Magic works well resizing ext2 and fat32 partitions, but it is a
commercial product.
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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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