[CLUE-Tech] Partition Tools

[Angelo Bertolli]

Evidentally my email didn't go through with the original response 
(probably delayed).  But I don't think fips can handle an NTFS 
partition.  Please look at this site:  
http://www.linuxmigration.com/quickref/install/disk.html

skipworthy wrote:

> Robert-
>
> I have set up this same scenario a hundred times, though i used 
> partition magic (has to be 8 or later). That error message  *probably 
> * means that XP has to be booted so that it can update it's own 
> parittion table:.
>
> G
>
>
> Robert Woods wrote:
>
>> My stepson is working on an installation of RedHat 7.1 to a 
>> Windows/XP system. I apologize up front for the sketchy details.
>>
>> That said I know this.
>>
>> 1)      It is to be dual boot.
>> 2)      It is to be backup to a production server that is running RH 
>> 7.1. Hence the distro and release choice.
>> 3)      He did do a de fragment on the XP partition
>> 4)      He is attempting to use fips to partition the drive prior to 
>> RH installation.
>> 5)      The hardware is acer.
>> 6)      fips is generating an error number of sectors does not match 
>> partition info.
>>
>> On observation I have is that possibly XP has a "hidden" partition 
>> for system recovery. Although XP does not seem to have a fdisk 
>> program that might be helpful in displaying this information.
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> 1)      What are the alternatives to fips you might suggest?
>> 2)      Ideas on the nature of the problem.
>>
>> Regards Bob Woods
>>
>>
>>
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