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Date:      Sat, 30 Aug 1997 21:27:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: fips from win95
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970830212712.664B-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970830010823.2056A-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>

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On Sat, 30 Aug 1997, Brian N. Handy wrote:

> So, I try booting up the PC into MSDOS mode and run fips.  Now, I tried
> this once on my laptop and it didn't work -- hung the machine.  I tried it
> on this PC here and I had it complain about ... oh, I can't remember now,
> it didn't like the partition type I think.  I don't have the exact error
> message, I'll get that later...
> 
> Bottom line is, have people done this from win95 or am I just screwed?  

If it complained about the partition type, then you're running FAT32 and
FIPS won't help you.  You'll have to get Partition Magic to manipulate the
partition.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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