Hi, From official installing doc (Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 For Intel x86):
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html#s-non-debian-partitioning http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html Does not seem to me unclear or insuffisient. Everything like that is in the manual. On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 12:34:40PM -0400, Douglas G. Danforth wrote: > Hello, > You need on the *first page* of the Debian website statements about > whether Debian can exist along with the user's current operating system. > Only by knowing this would I be interesting in trying Debian. > > Since most personal PC's are x-86 based and most of those use Microsoft > Windows operating systems you do need to say one of the following (or a > modification of the following) > > o Warning, installing Debian will distroy all data on your current > Windows disk! > > or > > o Debian can coexist on your current Windows platform as long as you > have at least xxx MB of disk storage available. > > or > > o You must purchase a disk partition application and *carefully* > partition your disk preserving your current data BEFORE you can install > debian on a free partition. > > You assume too much of the reader and get bogged down in unix details > too soon. > > Just a suggestion, > > Best regards, > Douglas G. Danforth > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

