FIPS and win95...

[albert at ccs.neu.edu (Albert Cahalan)]

> The problem is, I used FIPS to repartition my drive, and now win95
> doesn't recognize the extra partition( ext2 partition... )

That is correct. Only these can recognize an ext2 partition:

      Linux  Hurd  FreeBSD  Masix  OS/2  Lites

> I thought that if i reinstalled win95 to the same directory,
> it would run normally, but now my registry is a little messed up,

Reinstalled...?  The whole point of FIPS is that you can leave
Windows right where it is. There is no need to disturb it.

> and all my preferences are gone.  How can i do to make the
> partition visible to windows? i doesn't need to be readable,
> just visible in a way it won't conflict with the registry...

???

Maybe you should mark the Windows partition active using Linux fdisk.

> still couldn't configure my network settings, although i could connect
> to my ISP, i didn't have a DNS configured, but could ftp and telnet to
> any IP, the browser didnt work though.

Simple DNS: edit a file, maybe /etc/resolv.conf.
Fast DNS: set up a caching DNS server on your machine.

> i have a 133 pentium, 16 RAM, 1.2 HD.
> /dev/hda1	win95 partition		900+ Megs
> /dev/hda2	linux_native   ext2	250+ Megs

Unless you have much more RAM than you need, you should have
a swap partition. You may substitute a swap file with lower
performance if you need to.

Oh, be sure /etc/fstab uses vfat for your Windows partition.
Then you can use the long filenames.