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by **Adam Hes** » Sun, 12 Jul 1998 04:00:00

Does anybody know of a freeware program that can resize a fat32
partition that is larger than 8gig.(8gig seems to be the max for most
programs). I need to make room for a 2gig linux partition on my 11gig
hard drive. I am using win98 so I need something that can resize a
FAT32 file system. thanks
-Adam Hess

by **HailHail** » Sun, 12 Jul 1998 04:00:00

Quote:> Does anybody know of a freeware program that can resize a fat32

FDISK.. back up your important shit (if any) and just run fdisk.. Very
simple!!

by **Adam Hes** » Sun, 12 Jul 1998 04:00:00

> > Does anybody know of a freeware program that can resize a fat32

> FDISK.. back up your important shit (if any) and just run fdisk..
> Very
> simple!!

i forgot to mention without having to delete everything
i just want to know if there is any program that will resize fat32
partition
whithout destroying the data on the disk

by **Pieter Kru** » Mon, 13 Jul 1998 04:00:00

> > > Does anybody know of a freeware program that can resize a fat32

> > FDISK.. back up your important shit (if any) and just run fdisk..
> > Very
> > simple!!

> i forgot to mention without having to delete everything
> i just want to know if there is any program that will resize fat32
> partition
> whithout destroying the data on the disk

I believe the latest version of FIPS.EXE does just that (amongst others)
http://www.student.informatik.th-darmstadt.de/~schaefer/fips.html

But why not do something like

Disk /dev/hdc: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 22332 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes

Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 1 1 22332 11255296+ 83 Linux native

/dev/hdc1 ext2 10840347 2761841 7515742 27% /data1

--

Pieter

root at dare.demon.nl

"I kept feeding it floppies, and all it said was
that some General was reading my harddisk..."

by **Gene** » Sun, 26 Jul 1998 04:00:00

Why the hell did ya go and do that for? Major waste of space.
Exactly what utilities have you tried or looked at?

> Does anybody know of a freeware program that can resize a fat32
> partition that is larger than 8gig.(8gig seems to be the max for most
> programs). I need to make room for a 2gig linux partition on my 11gig
> hard drive. I am using win98 so I need something that can resize a
> FAT32 file system. thanks
> -Adam Hess

by **Rick Sute** » Tue, 28 Jul 1998 04:00:00

>Why the hell did ya go and do that for? Major waste of space.
>Exactly what utilities have you tried or looked at?

>> Does anybody know of a freeware program that can resize a fat32
>> partition that is larger than 8gig.(8gig seems to be the max for most
>> programs). I need to make room for a 2gig linux partition on my 11gig
>> hard drive. I am using win98 so I need something that can resize a
>> FAT32 file system. thanks
>> -Adam Hess

You better find out if you have a fat32 or fat32x file system.

I had the same problem with an IBM 10G HD from gateway that came in one big
C: partition. Everything from gateway and windoze indicated it was fat32.
Many have advised that PowerQuest's Partition Magic was a good tool for
re-sizing fat32 partitions. After purchasing and starting partition magic it
said the partition was fat32x (type "other" 0c hex). Apparently this is used
on disks larger than 8G. (damn, I should have done more research)

Some searching in dejanews revealed that partition magic can't handle
fat32x. PowerQuest hasn't replied to my email regarding if or when it will
be supported.

I finally used dos fdisk to delete the partition, create a smaller one, and
dos format to wipe it clean. Then there was the major pain of re-installing
windoze98 properly. (several calls to gateway to get around bugs in their
system restoration CD, get sound working, etc.)

I'm finally ready to try the redhat 5.1 install, I hope.

Search dejanews for "fat32x AND partition" in the *linux*, *windows* NG's.
You probably won't like what you find however.

Good luck and please let us know if you find a better way.

Rick

by **Nigel Moor** » Fri, 31 Jul 1998 04:00:00

you can alsp get a program called fips, the latest version supports FAT32
and is called fips15c.zip or something like that...

--Nige

Quote:> > Does anybody know of a freeware program that can resize a fat32

> FDISK.. back up your important shit (if any) and just run fdisk.. Very
> simple!!

by **Eric Brow** » Fri, 31 Jul 1998 04:00:00

I just now found the latest release at http://www.igd.fhg.de/~aschaefe/fips/
, fips 2.0. Apparently, 1.5 c is not "official." Who knows. The strange
thing about 2.0 is that when running fips, it says you're running version 1.5
(but in the readme, it refers to 2.0.) Who knows :)

Of course, I have a feeling I'm going to have to go out and buy Partition
Magic to get linux running on my system. Ugh. Spending money. How horrid.

Good luck!
eb
http://come.to/B&W

by **Bob Nixo** » Sun, 02 Aug 1998 04:00:00

> >Why the hell did ya go and do that for? Major waste of space.
> >Exactly what utilities have you tried or looked at?

> >> Does anybody know of a freeware program that can resize a fat32
> >> partition that is larger than 8gig.(8gig seems to be the max for most
> >> programs). I need to make room for a 2gig linux partition on my 11gig
> >> hard drive. I am using win98 so I need something that can resize a
> >> FAT32 file system. thanks
> >> -Adam Hess

> You better find out if you have a fat32 or fat32x file system.

> I had the same problem with an IBM 10G HD from gateway that came in one big
> C: partition. Everything from gateway and windoze indicated it was fat32.
> Many have advised that PowerQuest's Partition Magic was a good tool for
> re-sizing fat32 partitions. After purchasing and starting partition magic it
> said the partition was fat32x (type "other" 0c hex). Apparently this is used
> on disks larger than 8G. (damn, I should have done more research)

> Some searching in dejanews revealed that partition magic can't handle
> fat32x. PowerQuest hasn't replied to my email regarding if or when it will
> be supported.

Wrong. PQmagic 3.0---3.04 supports fat 32 creation and resizing. I use it all
the time for manipulating my fat32 partitions. BTW, Power Quest is arrogant and
never replies to email. Further, they are extremely paranoid about piracy of
their software and require that you install PQmagic on only one HD at a time.
Any upgrade correspondence or other information must include your CD's serial
number. This is potential security problem in itself, via the internet.

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Quote:
> I finally used dos fdisk to delete the partition, create a smaller one, and
> dos format to wipe it clean. Then there was the major pain of re-installing
> windoze98 properly. (several calls to gateway to get around bugs in their
> system restoration CD, get sound working, etc.)

> I'm finally ready to try the redhat 5.1 install, I hope.

> Search dejanews for "fat32x AND partition" in the *linux*, *windows* NG's.
> You probably won't like what you find however.

> Good luck and please let us know if you find a better way.

> Rick

by **Rick Sute** » Sun, 02 Aug 1998 04:00:00

>> >> Does anybody know of a freeware program that can resize a fat32
>> >> partition that is larger than 8gig.(8gig seems to be the max for most
>> >> programs). I need to make room for a 2gig linux partition on my 11gig
[trimmed]

>> You better find out if you have a fat32 or fat32x file system.

>> I had the same problem with an IBM 10G HD from gateway that came in one
[trimmed]
>> After purchasing and starting partition magic it
>> said the partition was fat32x (type "other" 0c hex). Apparently this is
used
>> on disks larger than 8G. (damn, I should have done more research)

>> Some searching in dejanews revealed that partition magic can't handle
>> fat32x. PowerQuest hasn't replied to my email regarding if or when it
will
>> be supported.

>Wrong. PQmagic 3.0---3.04 supports fat 32 creation and resizing. I use it
all
>the time for manipulating my fat32 partitions. BTW, Power Quest is arrogant
and
>never replies to email. Further, they are extremely paranoid about piracy
of
>their software and require that you install PQmagic on only one HD at a
time.
>Any upgrade correspondence or other information must include your CD's
serial
>number. This is potential security problem in itself, via the internet.

What is wrong? I said it doesn't handle fat32x (type 0C hex) which it
doesn't. It does handle fat32 (type 0B hex). That was the point.

Power Quest recently responded to my email stating that if purchased after
July 15th I would get a free upgrade to Partition Magic ver 4.0 when it
comes out "sometime next month" (Aug). They claim 4.0 will properly handle
fat32x (type 0C) which is used on IDE drives larger than 8G. We'll see about
that.

-rick-

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