postid wrote:
I need to reinstall lenny using netinstall. (I had some problems with
the network, etc. during the first attempt.) I want to keep the
partitioning I currently have set up. I especially don't want to risk
messing up hda1 since I promised the user that I'd give them the option
of booting either system.
hda1 win2000
hda2 /
hda5 /swap
hda6 /home
Will the partitioner give me the option of reusing the current scheme
and formatting over the old data on hda2 and hda6 or do I need to delete
the contents of hda2 and hda6 using a live distro (or the installer
command line?) before I start the install? I seem to recall reading
somewhere that Debian won't install over itself. Any pitfalls to watch
for here or am I just paranoid? I don't want to lose the contents of
hda1. I'm planning on using the graphical installer and manual
partitioning.
No problem, when you get to the partitioning part of install choose the
manual partitioning and choose the partitions you want to install to, as
for /root you will need to have it formated during the install or you
can delete the system files before hand by using a Live cd and not have
it formated (this is good if you have /home on the /root partition), as
for /home you do not need to format, if you want a clean install it's
best to let the installer format all the partitions.
The /swap will be auto-formated, you have no choice.
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Jimmy Johnson
Bakersfield, CA. U.S.A.
Registered Linux User #380263
K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple stupid)
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