Incoming from Monique Y. Herman: > On 2004-02-11, System Administrator penned: > > I am about to cobvert a system from Red Hat to Debian. Idealy I would > > do a fresh install from scratch, but am trying to avoid this. While > > But I'd strongly suggest biting the bullet and installing debian from > scratch, anyway. In the long run, it will make maintenance *much* > easier. > > (If it helps, I backed up the data, /etc directory, etc from a RedHat > install several years ago and was able to migrate all the settings to
It also helps to split off /home, /var, /usr, and /opt into separate partitions. Just tell the installer NOT to mkfs /home. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
