-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Joseph L. Hartmann, Jr. wrote:
> I would like to be able to install Debian over my Rehdat 3.03 without > losing data files (all my faqs, msgs from the net, and so on) > > Is this possible? Please point me in the right direction of what to read. Hello. I did something like this when installing Debian over Slackware, but you need enough disk space to do it: Do as if you were going to install Debian from scratch. Debian installation disk will recognize your old partitions, but you should not fdisk them again. Just be sure to mount them *without* initiating them. (i.e. select "mount an already initiated partition"). As soon as you can, switch to another virtual console and do this: cd /target mkdir old.linux mv * old.linux mv old.linux/lost+found . You can now switch to the first virtual console and install the Debian base system and everything else over this, and you will still have all the previous system in /old.linux. Now it is just a matter of remove everything you do not need from /old.linux and put things in place again. For example, if you had a user named "joeh" in your old system, create a new user named joeh in the new Debian system, and move everything from /old.linux/home/joeh to the new /home/joeh. Use cp -a if it is in a different partition. Regards, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBMrrUzyqK7IlOjMLFAQHEngQAsmnm8NsotzKIIc/RXMNRrmD1cpPkfIgu Mw2K1Ao6EEv2I3LqNGACDPSp2CGyuEdoghQ72hEGs3Iob/bMZev9BJ0j7dkv7J74 VdZyOQQElLt4SQeTMqjkD8TWx4td64oi+xI/EuxtgEdc1rkJVdE+RKEeun7va8+e WtskTLBrg44= =dSic -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
