by I have uploaded a new version of my program FIPS to sunsite.unc.edu
and tsx-11.mit.edu. It should appear soon as
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Install/fips10.zip
tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/dos_utils/fips10.zip
Short Description:
FIPS is a program to non-destructively split DOS-partitions. You will
need a defragmentation program to move your data to the beginning of the
partition.
This the first official release after a long beta testing period. FIPS
has been used succesfully by many people on the Internet. The only
serious problem encountered was an incompatibility with OS/2, which is
adressed in detail in the doc. Please read at least the file readme.1st
before using FIPS.
FIPS is free under the GNU General Public License.
Long Description:
The program was inspired by the Linux Project. When installing Linux on
a PC that was used for DOS / Windows, many people want to retain a smal-
ler partition for their DOS software. However, since most Harddisks con-
tain only one large partition, you would normally be required to do a
complete backup, erase the partition and build two (or more) new parti-
tions. Then you would restore the backup to one of the new partitions.
This is a very time consuming activity and requires lots of diskettes
(why buy 50+ disks only to once backup and restore your HD?). FIPS was
written to remedy this problem. You can now split a partition without
losing any data, provided there is enough free space for the new parti-
tion at the end of the old one.
Changes from version 0.9 beta:
- Added code to detect the OS FIPS is running under (thanks to Dave
McCaldon). This is to make sure that FIPS is not run in a multitasking
OS. Does not yet detect OS/2 and Novell Task Manager.
- Some minor corrections for compatibility with Borland C++ 3.1/4.0
- Documentation revised, information about use with OS/2 added, features
of DOS 6.x taken into account
- Select the start cylinder for the new partition with the cursor keys
- Automatically check for free space even before prompting for the
new start sector
- Drive detection code changed, this hopefully solves the problem with
the 'Too many drives found' error
- A * bug in the partition reordering procedure that caused FIPS to
fail in some cases was removed
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Arno Schaefer
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Fachbereich Informatik
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