Zouave wrote: > > | To install Linux Debian 1.3.1 on my system (now running windows 95) I > have > | to do 2 things: > | 1) FORMAT my HDD and create 2 partitions, one for W95, one for Linux > | 2) Split my actual partition, without erasing anything, with the > | application FIPS.EXE > | > | I prefer the 2nd one because I CANNOT format my drive.
Surely you can, you'd just rather not, correct? At the very least be prepared to re-format and re-install; as in, have everything which is irreplaceable, backed up! (There are those who re-install Win95 on a regular basis in the name of OS maintenance!) > | But to split my partition I need to do a DEFRAG of my HDD. There are > | HIDDEN-SYSTEM*-READ_ONLY files at the end of the drive, so Windows' > Defrag > | can't move this files to the begining. > | > | --Do you have any DEFRAGMENTER or utility to know WHICH is the file that > is > | annoying me at the end of the HDD, or to move it? First make sure you have "rebooted" Win95 to DOS mode to run the defrag. I seem to remember seeing something about the Win95 having unmovable lying around otherwise. The strategy that the FIPS documentation mentions (which can be found at http://www.student.informatik.th-darmstadt.de/~schaefer/fips.html) is to try to figure out who (which app) has placed the hidden file there and see if you can get that app to remove it or at least not need it while you do the defrag. How this is accomplished, depends on the offending app, but the likely suspects are (I'm reading from the doc here): the Windows swapfile, and files created by using DOS' IMAGE or MIRROR program. Either way, taking a look at the name of the file with the help of the DOS attrib command might help you figure out how to proceed. > If not, any other > | solution than formatting the drive? There are commercial programs that might help, Norton utils and Partition Magic come to mind, though I've no experience in using them. Hope this help and good luck! Keith -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
