Re: Slackware----->Debian

To: Holden Caulfield <cocytus@inficad.com>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Slackware----->Debian
From: Jeff Noxon <jeff@planetfall.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:35:58 -0600
Message-id: <[🔎] 19980302173558.19319@mystic>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 004f01bd4630$57ed83c0$9865c6d0@holdenca>; from Holden Caulfield on Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 04:10:06PM -0700
References: <[🔎] 004f01bd4630$57ed83c0$9865c6d0@holdenca>

On Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 04:10:06PM -0700, Holden Caulfield wrote:
> So, when removing Slackware it is not necessary to format the drive?  What will happen to slackware?  Will it just be replaced by Debian?  Or will it just install side-by-side to Slackware.

When you install Debian, just install it over the same partition you have
Slackware on.  It will run mke2fs (the equivalent "format" command) to create
a new, empty filesystem on the same partition.

Jeff


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