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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: last nasty sector & FIPS
To: avi4@mail.netvision.net.il (Avi Goldfinger)
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:14:13 -0700 (MST)
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> I run DEFRAG, so I could make the new partition for FreeBSD, but some 
> unmovable block is at the last sector of the disk, and I don't know what 
> file is it. That way I can't use FIPS.
> What should I do?

Turn off swapping.  It's a block in your swap file.

Then you can reboot, defrag, use fips, turn swapping back on, and
reboot.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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