On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 2:53 PM, John Culleton <j...@wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> I have my existing OS on /sda3. I want to leave it untouched. I also > have an OS on /sda4 that I am willing to overwrite. The easiest path > for me is to fire up Knoppix 7.6 and write it to hard disk. But I need > assurance that I won't disturb /sda3 in any way. > > -- > John Culleton > Wexfordpress > Book design and indexing. > > > It's entirely dependent on you whether /dev/sda3 will be disturbed or not. I haven't fired up Knoppix in quite a long time, and don't know what it's installer looks like, but I suspect you'll get a chance to choose what partitions to use, and at that point, it's all on you. You might find it easier/safer to put a second hard drive in the computer, remove /sda (so it can't be touched), then install to the second drive. Of course, that depends on you having a second drive available. Tinkering with partitions is always risky; a good backup is your friend. -- Kent West <")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com