I want to change my Linux system from "current" layout to "final" layout,
shown below.  Debian is what I will go into the future with and this final
layout makes more sense to me.

+------+-----------+---------+
| part | current   | final   |
|      | layout    | layout  |
+------+-----------+---------+
| HDA1 | ML 7.2    | potato  |
| HDA5 | potato    | woody   |
| HDA6 | ML 8 beta | sid     |
| HDA7 | woody     | sandbox |
| HDA8 | /home     | /home   |
+------+-----------+---------+

On the surface it would seem straight forward since all the required kernels
are in /hda1/boot so I think all that I have to do is

        (1) install a new LILO config
        (2) copy potato from hda5 to hda1

But of course, there are a couple of questions.

(a) are there any hidden gotchas?
(b) once I have done the copy how do I made a boot floppy for potato now in
hda1?

Apologies is these seems trivial to some, but I've only been using Debian
about 5/6 weeks now, have a stable system doing what I want it to do and
don't want to screw it up.

Thanks,
-rick

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