From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail9.paonline.com ([216.220.160.26]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 168uy9-0003Cx-00 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:01:06 -0500 Received: from paonline.com (paonline.com [207.44.20.2]) by mail9.paonline.com (Switch-2.0.0/Switch-2.0.0) with ESMTP id fAS31bt24971 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:01:38 -0500 Received: from DannyCrone [216.220.166.59] by paonline.com (SMTPD32-6.05) id A367770B01EC; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:00:55 -0500 Message-ID: <001001c177b8$d29d5a60$0201a8c0@DannyCrone> From: "dannyboy" To: "speakup" Subject: trouble using fips Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:56:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1778E.6BA32580" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "dannyboy" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1778E.6BA32580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello. When attempting to use fips, I saw that the numbers for the = starting cylinder never change. I have a 6.49 gig hard drive. So I = entered to have the new partition begin on the first free cylinder. = Instead, the old partition was decreased by only .02 gb. Fortunately I = was able to restore everything back. What other approach could be used = to create another partition without destroying data on this disk? ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1778E.6BA32580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello. When attempting to use = fips, I saw=20 that the numbers for the starting cylinder never change. I have a = 6.49 gig=20 hard drive. So I entered to have the new partition begin on the = first free=20 cylinder. Instead, the old partition was decreased by only .02 = gb. =20 Fortunately I was able to restore everything back. What other = approach=20 could be used to create another partition without destroying data on = this=20 disk?

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