On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 06:14, sam rosenfeld wrote: > I have a broken (or at least bent) Debian2.2r2 on my personal box. When I > install woody on the same partition that now holds my 2.2r2, would it be best > to format the partition first? Or are there better ways of handling the > installation? > > BTW, I use this machine primarily for software experimentation -- both my > own and with programs written by others. > > Any wise counsel would be appreciated. > > sam If your system isn't working as you would like (and couldn't figure out how to fix) I am not sure a 'dist-upgrade' would be the best method to use.Do you have the bandwidth for a net install ? If you use Woody boot dists or the 'net-install' iso you can start start from scratch, just re-initialize the partitions during install. This would give you an opportunity to use a different file system, i.e. ext3 ... -- Greg C. Madden Debian GNU/Linux
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