FIPS failing with 6.1Gb disk

[John Deacon <jrd star ucl ac uk>]

   Hi -

   I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux v4 from CDROM on a Pentium II
   266MHz PC with 6.1Gb hard disk drive.

   Windows 95 is currently installed. When I try to run FIPS at the DOS
   prompt it fails almost immediately with the error:

      Error: Unknown Filesystem: 0Bh

      Only DOS partitions can be split (System Indicator Byte must be 4 or 6)

   and then drops back to the DOS prompt.

   Is this a known problem and/or is there a fix to FIPS to get around it ?

   Thanks,

   john deacon.