Re: Debian Install (Sid)
On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 02:02:48PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> Instead, go to http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ and
> download either the 30MB or the 100MB CD and boot off that. Then you'll
> install the rest off the network. At some point, you may need to point
> your /etc/apt/sources.list to "unstable" and do an "apt-get update &&
> apt-get dist-upgrade" if the installer doesn't give you the opportunity
> to pull from "unstable".
I've got an unused 6GB Fat32 partition on this laptop. See any risks
to my existing partitions if I try and do a new install on that Fat32
partition? Will it overwrite the MBR that my existing lilo setup wrote?
Or will the installer see I have another system and add it to the boot
menu?
I'm using lilo. I'm not clear how to setup lilo in this case. I assume
I need to pick one lilo.conf and make sure it writes to the mbr and also
provides booting for both systems.
laptop:/home/moseley# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20003880960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2432 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 758 6088603+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 2402 2432 249007+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 2280 2401 979965 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 759 2279 12217432+ 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
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Bill Moseley
moseley@hank.org
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