Ian Astley wrote:
I currently run a Linux machine under Fedora Core 5. I am interested
in having a look at Debian too and downloaded and burnt the
Net-install CD from the main site, with a view to compiling a Debian
kernel which I would then have nominated in GRUB alongside the
existing FC5 kernels I have. The CD booted as it should but when I got
to the partitioning options I was not too sure exactly what it would
do to the existing partitions (which it identified correctly), since
the on-screen directions did not explicitly state that my existing
installation would be left unharmed. Fedora and SuSE, both of which I
have, are much clearer about this stage in the installation process.
Could anyone clarify this please? I downloaded the Net-install CD
because I did not want to go through the rigmarole of downloading a
full set of CDs when conceivable I would only need a fraction of the
data in the first instance.
Many thanks in advance,
Ian Astley
tokyoi at mac com
It will do nothing to existing partitions unless you tell the installer
to format them. Choose manual partionning, then you can either leave the
existing partitions alone, mount them to a a mounting point you choose.
In any case, the partitionner is showing you what it will do, and asking
for confirmation.
Thierry
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