[techtalk] partitions etc

[Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun]

Is it possible to format a partition of an existing drive?
My current win98 install is fouled up beyond recognition, and I already
have 5/8 of my drive partitioned for redhat.  The other 3/8 is win98, and
I would like to format just htat part since I don't really want to
recreate the entire contents of my drive.  I'm waiting for a non-winmodem
from a friend, so I have a few days to get this figured out.  
The drive is currently partitioned 3 gb vfat, with 5 gb linux.  I can get
more info if necessary.  (The win partition resides on /mnt/dosc/ )
And anothr thing:  how difficult is it to set up a LAN from a PPP
conneciton?  (We have the modem, a pc with a NIC, a mac with a NIC, and a
hub.  The PC will be running redhat 6.)  I asked a friend, and he said it
had something to do with IP masquerading and IPchains.

Thanks
Conni

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