On Wednesday 27 August 2003 11:40 pm, Matt Garman wrote:
> I'm currently running a Debian Linux system. I'd like to move over
> to gentoo, but I'm not exactly sure what the easiest way would be.
> Mainly from the perspective of partitions: I have separate partitions
> for root, boot, home, var, tmp and usr. I want to wipe all those
> clean, except for home, and install gentoo.
>
> Should I just manually remove everything from all my partitions
> (except home)? Or will gentoo do that for me during installation?
> If the latter case is true, how do I keep /home from getting erased?
>
> One more semi-related question: to make sure I understand this
> conceptually, using a "stage 3" install should get me up and running
> the most quickly, but I can still custom-compile most (or all?) of
> the stage 3 programs, right?
>
> Thanks for your feedback!
> Matt
That does it! I'm leaving Gentoo for Debian so I can get an email
application that lets me send emails 2 months before I write them.
As for your first question, Gentoo does not automaticly write or format
partitions. You have the ability of keeping your current partition
table and formatting only those you wish to. To keep home from being
erased, you simply don't make a file system on it. It will remain
untouched.
The beauty of Gentoo is that it doesn't assume that you're incompetant.
The install does nothing you don't expressly tell it to do. The install
IS complicated. BUT the documentation is top shelf. The most important
advice I gould give anyone installing Gentoo for the first time is:
Forget that you know anything about Linux. Follow the directions to the
letter. 90% of install problems are due to the user assuming that they
know what to do next and skipping a step.
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Regards, Ernie
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