On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 03:08, Ben Minton wrote: > Hi. > > I have an 80 GB HDD that I wish to install Debian 3r1 onto. As I > originally learnt howto Linux via RedHat I do not want to make this an > exclusive Debian system (sorry, not yet).
Give it some time.. > > Current partition table is: > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 510 4096543+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda2 511 1507 8008402+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda3 1508 1586 634567+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda4 1587 9729 65408647+ 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 1587 2209 5004216 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 2210 2832 5004216 83 Linux > > /dev/hda1 contains a stripped down install of RH 9.0 > /dev/hda2 contains a full install of RH 9.0 > /dev/hda5 & 6 are 8GB partitions made using fdisk under RH 9.0 > Either one is empty and can be used as target for debian? > >From URL: > http://www.au.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html > > * snip * > > In all other cases, you'll need to partition your hard disk before > starting the installation to create partition-able space for Debian. If > some of the partitions will be owned by other operating systems, you > should create those partitions using native operating system > partitioning programs. We recommend that you do not attempt to create > Debian Linux partitions using another operating system's tools. Instead, > you should just create the native operating system's partitions you will > want to retain. > end * snip * > > Reading through all the documentation, I get the feeling that I should > either trash the sys, reinstall Debian first, then repartition and > reinstall the RedHat partitions or maintain the exisiting partitions > that contain data, delete all the other ones and make them as required > using the Debian partitoning tool? > > Some practical advice would be appreciated, thanks. Using the debian installer you can mount your target partition as / and install debian onto it. Or use the partitioner to do stuff. It will not touch your RH partitions unless you tell it to. You do not mention what bootloader you use. Do not let lilo take over the boot process if you do not want it to. I am not sure lilo would automatically see and add your RH partitions to the bootmenu. If you are more comfortable with RH then deal with adding debian to lilo/grub there. You can also look at installing debian while running RH with debootstrap. I believe there is an rpm. There is no need for trashing or reinstalling, relax ;-) Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
