From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 66-109-36-44.ip.termserv.net ([66.109.36.44] helo=mhonline.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16930y-00053U-00 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 06:36:32 -0500 Received: (qmail 663 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2001 11:36:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hudson.mhonline.net) ([209.23.50.104]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.mhonline.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 28 Nov 2001 11:36:02 -0000 Received: from localhost (chuckh@localhost) by hudson.mhonline.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) with ESMTP id fASBZwB00333 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 06:35:59 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 06:35:58 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: speakup Subject: Re: trouble using fips In-Reply-To: <001001c177b8$d29d5a60$0201a8c0@DannyCrone> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Sounds to me like perhaps you did not defrag the disk before running fips. Fips will not do that for you, so it can only reduce your existing partition to the location of the "farthest out" allocated disk sectors. If that is the case, use some kind of disk defragging tool and try it again. On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, dannyboy wrote: > 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? > * Code a little, test a little, code a little, test a little, Code code code, test a lot, code a little more * Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (94% of Full)