# Vault 7: Projects

This publication series is about specific projects related to the Vault 7 main publication.

### Dark Matter

# FDOS_1_0_FINAL_freedos_setup_odin_fips

11 May, 1998

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Welcome to FIPS
The First nondestructive Interactive Partition Splitting program
Version 2.0
May 11, 1998
Copyright 1993-98 Arno Schaefer
Parts of the code Copyright 1997/98 Gordon Chaffee
0. What you need to use FIPS
1. Introduction
2. What FIPS does
3. Safety
4. Restrictions
5. Before you start
6. Use with a multitasking OS
7. Using FIPS
8. After splitting the partition
9. Commandline Switches
10. Troubleshooting
11. Credits
In file SPECIAL.DOC:
S1. Use with Stacker/SuperStor/Doublespace etc.
S2. Use with OS/2
S3. Use with OnTrack Disk Manager and similar drivers
FIPS is a program designed to split an existing DOS partition without deleting
the data on it.
FIPS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.
FIPS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with FIPS; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Report problems and direct all questions to:
schaefer@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de
0. What you need to use FIPS
You need a defragmentation program in order to move all data to the beginning
of the hard disk. FIPS will only split your partition if you have enough free
space at the end. Windows 95 and later MS-DOS versions contain DEFRAG, which

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