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I'm using a Windows 98 system.
I want to make it Linux dual-boot.
This will require a repartition of my primary DOS partition.
I read that parted does this pretty well.
I need to create a parted boot disk.
I found a parted book image on Demian and downloaded it.
I now have a .deb file on my Windows 98 box.
Windows 98 does not know what to do with .deb files.
I download the parted documentation, but it too is a .deb file.
After scouring the Debian site VERY THOROUGHLY for an hour -- tried to read the FAQ (which is a broken link), read the Wiki, the FAQ that the Wiki points to, skim the online manuals, search the manuals (no reference to .dem at all), skim DebianHelp topics, search DebianHelp -- all to no avail.

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