lenny reinstall
I need to reinstall lenny using netinstall. (I had some problems with the network, etc. during the first attempt.) I want to keep the partitioning I currently have set up. I especially don't want to risk messing up hda1 since I promised the user that I'd give them the option of booting either system. hda1 win2000 hda2 / hda5 /swap hda6 /home Will the partitioner give me the option of reusing the current scheme and formatting over the old data on hda2 and hda6 or do I need to delete the contents of hda2 and hda6 using a live distro (or the installer command line?) before I start the install? I seem to recall reading somewhere that Debian won't install over itself. Any pitfalls to watch for here or am I just paranoid? I don't want to lose the contents of hda1. I'm planning on using the graphical installer and manual partitioning. postid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: lenny reinstall
postid wrote: I need to reinstall lenny using netinstall. (I had some problems with the network, etc. during the first attempt.) I want to keep the partitioning I currently have set up. I especially don't want to risk messing up hda1 since I promised the user that I'd give them the option of booting either system. hda1 win2000 hda2 / hda5 /swap hda6 /home Will the partitioner give me the option of reusing the current scheme and formatting over the old data on hda2 and hda6 or do I need to delete the contents of hda2 and hda6 using a live distro (or the installer command line?) before I start the install? I seem to recall reading somewhere that Debian won't install over itself. Any pitfalls to watch for here or am I just paranoid? I don't want to lose the contents of hda1. I'm planning on using the graphical installer and manual partitioning. No problem, when you get to the partitioning part of install choose the manual partitioning and choose the partitions you want to install to, as for /root you will need to have it formated during the install or you can delete the system files before hand by using a Live cd and not have it formated (this is good if you have /home on the /root partition), as for /home you do not need to format, if you want a clean install it's best to let the installer format all the partitions. The /swap will be auto-formated, you have no choice. -- Jimmy Johnson Bakersfield, CA. U.S.A. Registered Linux User #380263 K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple stupid) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: lenny reinstall
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 09:38:23AM -0600, postid wrote: I need to reinstall lenny using netinstall. (I had some problems with the network, etc. during the first attempt.) I want to keep the partitioning I currently have set up. I especially don't want to risk messing up hda1 since I promised the user that I'd give them the option of booting either system. To prevent having network problems mess up an install, I always just install a minimal system (don't choose anything from tasksel). Then run aptitude and install what I want. If you want to use tasksel, just install it later. hda1 win2000 hda2 / hda5 /swap hda6 /home Will the partitioner give me the option of reusing the current scheme and formatting over the old data on hda2 and hda6 or do I need to delete the contents of hda2 and hda6 using a live distro (or the installer command line?) before I start the install? I seem to recall reading somewhere that Debian won't install over itself. Any pitfalls to watch for here or am I just paranoid? I don't want to lose the contents of hda1. I'm planning on using the graphical installer and manual partitioning. It should present the existing partitions as they are. You'll have to select each one and tell the installer what to do with each, e.g. hda2 use as ext3, mount point / hda5 use as swap (not /swap) hda6 use as ext3, mount point /home You'll have to tell it to reformat the partitions. Don't tell it to do anything with hda1. It should leave it alone. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
