Re: Convert Red Hat 7.2 to Debian 3.0
Incoming from Monique Y. Herman:
> On 2004-02-11, System Administrator penned:
> > I am about to cobvert a system from Red Hat to Debian. Idealy I would
> > do a fresh install from scratch, but am trying to avoid this. While
>
> But I'd strongly suggest biting the bullet and installing debian from
> scratch, anyway. In the long run, it will make maintenance *much*
> easier.
>
> (If it helps, I backed up the data, /etc directory, etc from a RedHat
> install several years ago and was able to migrate all the settings to
It also helps to split off /home, /var, /usr, and /opt into separate
partitions. Just tell the installer NOT to mkfs /home.
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