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Appendix G. Configuring a Dual Boot System

When FIPS begins, you'll find a welcome screen similar to the following:

FIPS version 2.0, Copyright (C) 1993/4 Arno Schaefer

FAT32 Support, Copyright (C) 1997 Gordon Chaffee

DO NOT use FIPS in a multitasking environment like Windows, OS/2, Desqview,

Novell Task manager or the Linux DOS emulator; boot from a DOS boot disk first.

If you use OS/2 or a disk compressor, read the relevant sections in FIPS.DOC.

FIPS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, see file COPYING for details.

This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it

under certain conditions; again, see file COPYING for details.

Press any key.

When you press a key, a root partition screen will appear. (Note that, if the computer has more

than one hard drive, you'll be asked to select which one you want to partition.)

When you press a key, details about the hard drive, such as the following, will appear.

Boot sector:

Bytes per sector: 512

Sectors per cluster: 8

Reserved sectors: 1

Number of FATs: 2

Number of rootdirectory entries: 512

Number of sectors (short): 0

Media descriptor byte: f8h

Sectors per FAT: 145

Sectors per track: 63

Drive heads: 16

Hidden sectors: 63

Number of sectors (long): 141057

Physical drive number: 80h

Signature: 29h

Checking boot sector ... OK

Checking FAT ... OK

Searching for free space ... OK

Do you want to make a backup copy of your root and boot sector before

proceeding? (y/n)

You should select [y], for

yes

, to make a backup copy of your root and boot sector before

proceeding with FIPS.

Next, you will be presented with the following message:

Do you have a bootable floppy disk in drive A: as described in the

documentation? (y/n)

Verify that a DOS boot disk is in the floppy drive, and type [y], for

yes

. A screen similar to the

following will appear, allowing you to resize the partition.

Writing file a:\rootboot:000

Enter start cylinder for new partition (33 526)

Use the cursor keys to choose the cylinder,

enter

to continue

Old partition

Cylinder

New partition

258.9 MB

33

3835.8 MB

Figure G 1. Partition Resizing Screen