On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 07:03:25AM -0600, clemsurf wrote: > I have an old copy of Slackware installed. It uses kernel 2.0.27. > > Snce I have not had a lot of time to investigate Linux I am still > somewhat of a novice. (Having a relatively good command of the language > I never use "newbie"). I do, however, want to know if it is possible, > or even desireable, to switch from Slackware to Debian as I understand > that they use the same kernel. > > Any input would be appreciated.
If you mean automatically, then no, I don't think so. Debian requires that
all packages installed be done through it's packaging tools to maintain it's
database. It also lays things out on the file system a little differently
(better than most).
Can't you back up essential files, and then just install from scratch?
Mike
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