Linux question

[jabr at thurien.bcs.org (John Abreau)]

>> Hi John,
>>  
>>  I saw your How-To-Clinic meeting next Wed. in the BCS Journal and
>>  was wondering if you could advice me on something.
>> 
>>  I need to set up Linux on my PC for a class I'm taking.  Is
>>  it possible to repartition my drive without wiping out what is
>>  presently on my system? I have a new Pentium that came preinstalled
>>  with Windows95.  I am going to install the InfoMagic Linux. 
>>  Do you know of any software that allows one to repartition the disk 
>>  without erasing what is already on it?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for any info you may have on this problem,
>> 
>> Cynthia Baird 
>> ccb at tiac.net 

I've heard of a utility called FIPS that is supposed to do something like that
for DOS/Windows, but I'm not sure if that would work with Windows 95.
Perhaps your safest bet would be to get a second hard drive for Linux,
or to plan on reinstalling Windows 95 after partitioning (although if it
was preinstalled, I'd guess the vendor didn't provide the original
installation disks)

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