FIPS will only split your partition if you have enough free space at the end. Boot from the floppy you created with the FIPS files. You may exit from the program at any time by pressing CTRL and C at the same time. FIPS then reads the rootsector of the hard disk and displays the partition table. Press enter to have FIPS split this partition.
Some information is displayed and the new partition table is shown.
FIPS tries to give you some room to grow on the newly shrunk partition and it creates the second new partition. You want to delete primary partition 2 to make room for your Linux partitions. Turn on the machine and it will boot off of the disk. At the first prompt you are asked if there are any extra kernel flags you would like to enter to help configure your hardware. Now Linux has been booted and you are presented with a login prompt.