At 05:22 PM 12/21/96 -0500, Walter Tautz wrote: > >Let me first say that I have the requisite rescue and base floppies at >home on my hardrive running Slackware---I placed them in a subdirector >under / > >--- I don't want to repartition my hardrive for obvious reason---I have files > I want preserve
Do you have a backup system. Can you bacjk up that one directory. Perhaps on anther hard drive partition that you already have?? > >--- My possible approach: use the boot/root floppies from slackware and remove > as many unnecessary files as possible, then > use the rescue floppy from Debian to being installation of the > base distribution. Can I do this from the hardrive, or should I put the > base images on floppies as per the instructions in install.txt under > disks-i386 or is it just enough to use the rescue floppy, boot it, and > then indicate the location of the files to be installed on the hardrive. > I have a feeling it would be easier to use the floppy approach. I think you have to do it from the floppies. > > --- how do I get rid of the existing /dev directory under slackware > prior to reinstalling the new version under Debian, afterall when > using a boot/root floppy one generally mounts the /dev/hda under > /mnt and so erasing /dev would be prevent umounting it? When you boot/root with slackware you /dev will not be the /dev you need to delete. The /dev you need to delete will be /mnt/dev But you don't even need the slackware boot/root. you can get to a shell and do these thing from the debian disks. Good luck. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
