Re: Ready to take the plunge...

2002-11-19 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 18 Nov 2002 21:48:36 -0600, ZephyrQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've pretty much decided to take the Debian plunge, but now I need some > direction. > > Is it better to wipe my partition clean (it has SuSE 8 right now) and > then install? My /home partition is on another physical

Re: Ready to take the plunge...

2002-11-19 Thread ZephyrQ
On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 19:13, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * ZephyrQ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021118 19:48]: > > I've pretty much decided to take the Debian plunge, but now I need some > > direction. > > Congratulations! =) Thanx. > > Yeah, I'd say wipe it. Back up anything valuable. It's good

Re: Ready to take the plunge...

2002-11-19 Thread Vineet Kumar
* ZephyrQ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021118 19:48]: > I've pretty much decided to take the Debian plunge, but now I need some > direction. Congratulations! =) > Is it better to wipe my partition clean (it has SuSE 8 right now) and > then install? My /home partition is on another physical d

Re: Ready to take the plunge...

2002-11-19 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 18 Nov 2002 21:48:36 -0600, ZephyrQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've pretty much decided to take the Debian plunge, but now I need some > direction. > > Is it better to wipe my partition clean (it has SuSE 8 right now) and > then install? My /home partition is on another physical

Re: Ready to take the plunge...

2002-11-18 Thread Dan Hunt
On 18 Nov 2002 21:48:36 -0600 ZephyrQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've pretty much decided to take the Debian plunge, but now I need some > direction. > > Is it better to wipe my partition clean (it has SuSE 8 right now) and > then install? My /home partition is on another physical

Ready to take the plunge...

2002-11-18 Thread ZephyrQ
I've pretty much decided to take the Debian plunge, but now I need some direction. Is it better to wipe my partition clean (it has SuSE 8 right now) and then install? My /home partition is on another physical drive (for now) so it will be fine, but what about other packages I have