On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 03:26:28PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 11:44:53AM -0400, Robert Wolfe wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > >Is there any way to use the new net-installer *without* > > >wiping clean the partition being installed to? > > > > Not that I know of. Are you trying to upgrade an existing Debian > > installation by any chance? > > I have a machine with a working, up-to-date sarge and a dead woody. > (woody boots but will not access the net -- I suspect it doesn't > have the right driver after a hardware upgrade) > I wanted to start a testing installation to replace woody. > Unfortunately, all the user files are on the pertition with the dead woody. > I'd like to reduce the number of necessary backups by one. > > -- hendrik
Maybe the thing to do is to burn the first sarge (or etch, for that matter) cd, and present it to woody as another apt-source. -- hendrik > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]